"Oh, don't you dare look back
Just keep your eyes on me"
I said, "You're holding back"
She said, "Shut up and dance with me"
This girl, she is my destiny
She said "Ooh hoo
Shut up and dance with me"

We were victims of the night
The quizzical, mystical, kryptonite
That helped us through the phase and the fading light
Oh we were bound to get together
Bound to get together

She took my arm
I don't know how it happened
We took the floor and she said

"Oh, don't you dare look back
Just keep your eyes on me"
I said, "You're holding back"
She said, "Shut up and dance with me"
This girl, she is my destiny
She said "Ooh hoo
Shut up and dance with me"

A brand new dress and some beat up sneaks
My discothèque Juliet, teenage dream
I felt it in my chest as she looked at me
I knew we were bound to be together
Bound to be together

She took my arm
I don't know how it happened
We took the floor and she said

"Oh, don't you dare look back
Just keep your eyes on me"
I said, "You're holding back"
She said, "Shut up and dance with me"
This girl, she is my destiny
She said "Ooh hoo
Shut up and dance with me" (Oh c'mon, girl!)

Deep in her eyes
I think I see the future
I realize this is my last chance
She took my arm
I don't know how it happened
We took the floor and she said

"Oh, don't you dare look back
Just keep your eyes on me"
I said, "You're holding back"
She said, "Shut up and dance with me"
This girl, she is my destiny
She said "Ooh hoo
Shut up and dance"

"Don't you dare look back
Just keep your eyes on me"
I said, "You're holding back"
She said, "Shut up and dance with me"
This girl, she is my destiny
She said "Ooh hoo
Shut up and dance with me"

"Ooh hoo
Shut up and dance with me"
"Ooh hoo
Shut up and dance with me"