Lyrics

The women all were dancing, dancing up a storm
crank the music up, the temperature is getting warm
the kitchen floor was dancing like a wooden trampoline
the men all stood round watching, watching with a great big grin

The women all were dancing like they do it all the time
ice cubes in their whiskey or a simple glass of wine
some live out in the country some come out here from town
when Edith throws a party she throws a good one down

The women all were dancing, grooving to the bass
with everybody moving, you squeeze into your space
Here’s a mother and a daughter, they both love to dance and sing
Each one says to the other, don’t you worry bout a god damn thing

The women all were dancing they were calling out for more
reach up to the ceiling, bend down to the floor
some like to do the shimmy, some like to do the shake
dance like Janet Jackson, dance like Beyoncé

The women all were dancing in the village square tonight
the local band was playing and the trees were strung with lights
those sleeves are made to sparkle, those skirts are made to twirl
and everywhere you look you see a dark-eyed handsome girl

The women all were dancing all day long on my TV
dancing with a mop, dancing with their groceries
in the supermarket aisles, in the drug store, in the mall
the women won’t stop dancing

The women all were dancing to the cymbals and the flutes
with bells around their ankles and bracelets made of jewels
dancing in the palace, faces hidden by a fan
a crimson veil of silk and you can hypnotize a man

The women all were dancing underneath the moon
before Sahara was a desert, before the city was a ruin
the paintings on the rocks are glazed by sun and wind and sand
the women all were dancing hand in hand in hand in hand