[Verse 1]
You spin in that thrift-store jacket
Gold chain
Plastic crown
We’re kings of the clearance aisle
Turning this discount into downtown
Snapback tilted
You’re laughing
Lipstick on a solo cup
DJ drops a crooked trumpet
And suddenly the room jumps up
[Chorus]
Round and round on this midnight carousel
We don’t need sleep
We just need ourselves
Hands in the air like we’re under a spell
You and me
You and me
Skip a beat
Let the world tilt out of line
Wrong time
Right body on mine
Say my name and we freeze-frame
Oh well
On this midnight carousel (hey!)
[Verse 2]
Your shoes scuffed
But you’re gliding
Side-step
Shoulder roll
You steal one fry from my paper bag
Say
“Baby
That’s rock and soul”
We trade spins by the bathroom doorway
Neon on your crooked tie
You bow like a black-tie ballroom
Then kiss me mid-hi-five
[Chorus]
Round and round on this midnight carousel
We don’t need sleep
We just need ourselves
Hands in the air like we’re under a spell
You and me
You and me
Skip a beat
Let the world tilt out of line
Wrong time
Right body on mine
Say my name and we freeze-frame
Oh well
On this midnight carousel (oh yeah)
[Bridge]
[Beat drops to bass
Claps
And vocal]
Take my hand
Spin too fast
We’ll learn to land
Laugh it off
Every fall another dance
Say you’ll stay
Till the sun sneaks through the blinds
Till our hearts
Find a new way to keep time
[Chorus]
Round and round on this midnight carousel
We don’t need sleep
We just need ourselves
Hands in the air like we’re under a spell
You and me
You and me
Skip a beat
Let the world tilt out of line
Wrong time
Right body on mine
Say my name and we freeze-frame
Oh well
On this midnight carousel (hey!)
On this midnight carousel