This is the last dance This is the last dance This is the last dance, so twist and shout This is the last dance This is the last dance The bouncer is waiting for you to cut out It's the last chance for you, little teeny-vamps, to stumble around in high-heeled shoes The last one to show that you're grown up and free Then go home, Mom and Daddy are angry with you And the peeping Toms there, at the edge of the dance floor Cool guys singing the lonely man's blues This is your deadline, pull yourself together And then you will kiss the girl next to you Heroes of the boozer's battle! This is the last, stale sip of the night Make it snappy, kill the bottle And then I want you to crawl out of sight It's the last dance This is the last dance You are the loosers in a phoney game This is the break of dawn This is the cruel hour It's like a cold shower for a freezing man