The lights are flashing There's a frat guy dancing in the middle of the floor He's all alone but he's having more fun than me All these girls look sad and beautiful Clinging onto boys who never will love them And all these boys look different than me We all sing sweet dreams of rhythm and dancing Sweet dreams of someone that we're not We've all come here looking for something Because we don't want what we've already got The drinks start coming and I start talking I have so much to say Suddenly no one else knows quite as much as me I've got jokes to tell and Observations that I never get bored of making But I think these girls get bored listening to me We all sing sweet dreams of rhythm and dancing Sweet dreams of someone that we're not We've all come here looking for something Because we don't want what we've already got My head starts spinning I start singing in the middle of the floor I'm all alone but I hear my friends laughing at me The room starts to empty and someone comes to get me Because it's time to go For the first time all night I don't want to leave We all sing sweet dreams of rhythm and dancing Sweet dreams of someone that we're not We've all come here looking for something Because we don't want what we've already got see less