Offbeat Tease

Mm-hmm, yeah

Short tip, hmm

Skank step, don't trip

You're walkin' and the whole room flip

One look that got the baseline grinnin'

One smile got my head start spinnin'

You got the trouble with a velvet life

Sweet little song on a downtown half

I try to stay cool, but you read me quick

Slide by slow and my pulse go quick

Your eyes say calm, your mouth say maybe

My feet say run, but my heart say baby

I lean to the left, you lean to the right

Now we dance in the gap between wrong and right

Cups on the table, lights half low

Move like a secret it don't wanna show

I toss you a line, you toss one back

Sharp little spark and the whole thing cracked

You got the kind of smile that's been my plan

Make a neat little mess out of one track, man

Skank with me, baby, then I have to blow

Move like a joker, let the good times blow

You bring the chaos, I bring the groove

One little touch and the whole room moves

Skank with me, baby don't seize too long

Say my name once and the rhythm grows strong

You got the fire, I got the bounce

One wild night, that's the way we pounce

You stop fast feet with a crooked grin

Like a match in the ring that still wanna win

I say hold up

But I don't mean stop, I mean gimme that look when the beat gon' drop

We trade little jabs like a game of chess

You make a mess and I call it finesse

All that sass in a silk soft coat

Got my whole damn timeline stuck and you know

The band in the corner throw a saxophone sigh

While we keep a little wildfire high

You say too much, I say not enough

I like my love with the edges rough

Call me out

I call you in, now the night got a wicked little grin

Tell me the truth, do you feel that swing?

Do you hear that laugh in the way I sing?

No need for perfect, no need for grand

Just two sly hard men, a movin' band

If you step close, I won't step back

I'll match your grin on the off-beat track

Maybe we crash, maybe we die

Either way we ride

Skate when the devil in the afterglow

Move like a joker, let the good times flow

You bring the chaos, I'll bring the groove

One little touch of a whole good move

Skank with me, baby, don't tease too long

Say my name once, celebrate and go strong

You got the fire, I got the bounce

One brown eye, that's the way we pound

Skank with me, babe, all night long

Play that clerk, let the rhythm stay strong

You bring the spark, I bring the sound

We in that trouble till the sun come round

Don't stop, keep that sway

Offbeat love in the brightest way

You lie, I lean the crowd on

Know that little tease gotta hold on

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