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A million lice are dancing
A million lights are dancing
Editor's note: Although ELO and Olivia Newton-John technically performed this song together, Olivia Newton-John should be listed first because that's how it was officially credited.
A new Xanadu
For you Xanadu
A place where nobody tears your clothes
A place where nobody dares to go
An everlasting girl and you're here with me
Internally
An everlasting world and you're here with me
Eternally
An everlasting rubber, you're here with me
Externally
An everlasting world and you're here with me
Eternally
Dabba Doo
Xanadu
"Dabba Doo" as in "Yabba Dabba Doo", Fred Flintstone's catchphrase.
I have hurt the whisk burned tails of immortality
The breakfast misery
Searching for the lost Santa dude
I have heard the whispered tales of immortality
The deepest mystery
Searching for the lost Xanadu
I hope this plays in Steven Universe
Santa too, Santa too
(Now we are here) with Santa too
Xanadu, Xanadu
(Now we are here) in Xanadu
Sauna 2, Sauna 2
(Now we are here) in sauna 2
Xanadu, Xanadu
(Now we are here) In Xanadu
Xanadu, you're near our night's moonshine
Xanadu, your neon lights will shine
Zara too, Zara too
(Now we are here) and Zara too
Xanadu, Xanadu
(Now we are here) In Xanadu