MAYBE I'LL DANCE TONIGHT
words and music: Eric Peter Schwartz

Friday night
my Swatch is heading toward 7 o'clock
biggest problem on my mind
is whether I should pop my collar or not
In the other room
Martha Quinn's slinging music videos
I'm an '86 Latch-key kid
with someplace to go

My friend honks his horn
I pull my knock-off Jordan's on
One last check in the the mirror
then I hit the lawn
All the way there
we're blasting Eddie Money
Then we stop and do one of those fire drills
'cause we think we're so funny

(CHORUS)
And I'm thinking about
all the cool things I'll say John Hughes could write
and the way her Bonne Belle lipgloss
will catch the light
I want to talk to that girl
with all my might
Then maybe I'll dance tonight

Everybody is there
for everybody to see
Julius Seizure and the Roman Candles up on stage
singing "Take On Me"
Then I see her across the floor and I'm here by the door
I could run away
then the lights change
to match the ballad the band starts to play

(CHORUS)

(Bridge)
I want to sparkle in your eyes
I want to be as cool as Peter Venkman or Marty McFly
And if I'm lucky, I could be your Ducky too
But standing here in this light
I don't know if I look right
to you

I'd love to tell you
this song has a movie end
truth is I chickened out
and spent the night hanging out with my friends
that night I told myself
I'd get another chance
There'd always be another Friday
and some other dance

(CHORUS 2X)