Butterflies Lyrics > How to Dance in Ohio

[JESSICA]
I’ve had crazy nervous armpits
Since the formal dance was formally announced

[TOMMY]
Having flashbacks to the second grade
My meltdown at the Harvest Party
Screaming in the bouncy castle, each time it bounced

[REMY]
There’s an I-don’t-know sensation deep in my stomach
Like any moment, my breakfast could rise

[TOMMY]
A bit of vertigo

[REMY]
A floaty, fluttery feeling inside

[JESSICA]
Something like butterflies

[DREW, spoken]
When you ask someone, how would you know that you want to go to the dance with them? And you just go up to them? And say… what?

[CAROLINE]
I’d say hi or how’s it going
Give a compliment about the way th?y look

[TOMMY]
Like, cool shirt!
My dad has one like that!

[MEL]
Ask th?m if they’re having fun
What do they do in their spare time
Or you could talk about the weather!

[TOMMY]
Or football!

[DREW]
Or a book

[JESSICA]
Maybe the thing you like
Is something someone else likes
Like me, I’m into other places

[REMY]
Me, too!
Like where?

[JESSICA]
Like the fourth-
[REMY]
-or the fifth

[JESSICA & REMY]
Dimension! Any dimension!

[REMY]
Maybe I could go to the dance with you!

[JESSICA, spoken]
Thanks, but no thanks

[REMY, spoken]
That’s okay!

[JESSICA, spoken]
I’m just not ready to settle down yet

[ASHLEY, spoken]
Last week we practiced counting on the beat. Like this. (Metronome sounding.) One, two, three, four

[GROUP, overlapping]
One, two, three, four!

[ASHLEY, spoken]
Good. Remember your internal clock. One, two, three, four
[GROUP, overlapping]
One, two, three, four!

[ASHLEY, spoken]
Now, here’s a ball. Dancing requires some coordination. So, we’re going to practice throwing the ball on the beat

[REMY]
I don’t like throwing balls

[TOMMY]
I don’t like finding the beat

[REMY and TOMMY]
But if it’s hard
Then it’s worth doing it right

[REMY]
Will I be totally humiliated if I mess it up?

[TOMMY]
When I mess it up

[REMY]
When I mess it up

[GROUP]
When I mess it up
On Amigo’s Spring Formal Night

[MEL]
There’s a not so sure sensation
Deep in my stomach

[REMY]
The sudden urge to disappear in disguise

[TOMMY]
It means that I’m alive

[CAROLINE and JESSICA]
But also neurotic

[GROUP]
And nervous

[MEL and DREW]
Excited and anxious

[REMY]
But also alive

[GROUP]
But also butterflies
Last Update: February, 01st 2024