--words and music by Michael Stanley
from "Cabin Fever", 1978, Arista Records
See her standing in the doorway looking like a fallen star... Smiling like an outcast angel taking everything a bit too far... Baby if you wanna dance Baby if you wanna dance You gotta pay the band... Baby if you wanna dance Baby if you wanna dance You gotta pay the band... Some get older, some get wiser, some go under and some get by But, baby, your tricks worked so much better when you were younger, Oh way back when, girl, before you forgot how to cry... Baby if you wanna dance Baby if you wanna dance You gotta pay the band Baby if you wanna dance Baby if you wanna dance You gotta pay the band... And, baby, though I've been preaching I ain't above reaching for you, girl 'cause I know how lonely it gets in the rock-n-roll wars... Baby if you wanna dance Baby if you wanna dance You gotta pay the band Baby if you wanna dance Baby if you wanna dance You gotta pay the band...