This isn't at all unpleasant, I'm enchanted By the lavish ballet and I'll whistle the tune All the way to the gallows that I heard at the cabaret At the sheriff's signal, the orchestra moves the floor Don't it make you feel wonderful? Body twisting, strictly ballroom Criminally elegant, ideal pastured Viennese waltzer I'm dressed to kill, I'm weightless and well rehearsed In my godless opera, my character is canonized Unhand me, this is a musical and nothing goes wrong Can't keep the classics out of the head of the masochists Strike up the band, strike up the band It's 245 beats for a measure Or 5 beats per 6 steps on alternating feet The show must go on, never mind the teeth and the fingernails The show must go on, I don't feel at all like I thought I wouldBut I could probably go on like this forever Tonight, we dance, for tomorrow they release the dogs Tonight, we dance, for tomorrow they release the dogs Tonight, we dance, for tomorrow they release the dogs1, 2, 31, 2, 3 Keep it up1, 2, 3 Savor it, savor it, savor it, savor it Savor it, savor it, savor it, savor it Savor it, savor it, savor it, savor it Savor it, savor it, everything vanishes