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Artist: Aretha Franklin
Canonical path: /aretha-franklin/spirit-in-the-dark
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Spirit In The Dark
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Spirit In The Dark
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I I'm gettin' the spirit in the dark, um hum hum
I'm gettin' the spirit in the dark, um hum hum
People movin' oh and they groovin'
Just gettin' the spirit, um hum hum, in the dark
Tell me sister how do ya feel?
Tell me my brother brother brother
How do you feel?
Do you feel like dancin'?
Get up and let's start dancin'
Start gettin' the spirit, start gettin' the spirit
Spirit in the dark, in the dark
Doot doot, it's like Sally Walker
Do do doot doot, sittin' in a saucer
Do do do do do do, that's how ya, doot, do it
Do do doot doot, it ain't nothin' to
Do ooo do ooo doot doot, to it
Ride Sally ride, do oh do do do
Put your hand on your hips
Cover your eyes and move, move
With the spirit, with the spirit
Go on an move, move
Move with the spirit, with the spirit
Oh move, move
Move with the spirit now now now, with the spirit
Move with the spirit
Are you gettin the spirit? Yeah
Are you gettin' it in the dark? Yeah
I wonder how you're gettin' the spirit? Yeah
Gettin' the spirit in the dark yeah
People movin' yeah
Everybody's groovin'
Just gettin' the spirit, start gettin' in the spirit
Are you gettin' it in the dark?, in the dark
Doot doot, it's like Sally Walker
Doo do do do, sittin' in her saucer
Doo do do do do, that's how ya do it
Doo do do do do, now get on up to it
Doo do do do do, ride Sally ride
Doo do do do do, put your hands on your hips
Cover your eyes
And move on up with the spirit, with the spirit
Go on and move, move
Move with the spirit, with the spirit
Move with the spirit, with the spirit
Hey now move, move
Move with the spirit
I think I've got it!
All of my brothers, move with the spirit
All of my sisters, move with the spirit
Move, move with the spirit
With the spirit, move with the spirit
Keep on movin', move with the spirit
We all groove, groove with the spirit now
Now move, move with the spirit
Keep on groove!, groove with the spirit
You gotta move your hands, move
Put 'em together and groove your hands
Gotta move your feet, groove!
The spirit on the beat, move
Oh move, move with the spirit
Move!, move with the spirit
Oh move, move with the spirit
Move, move with the spirit
Move with the spirit, move with the spirit
Oh yeah move on, move with the spirit
Oh right on!, the spirit
Come on!, the spirit
Right on, the spirit, move on, the spirit
Feel it, the spirit
Feel it, oh that spirit
Feel, oh that spirit
Yeah yeah yeah spirit, move with the spirit
Yeah move on, move with the spirit
Yeah, move with the spirit
Yeah, move with the spirit
Move on, move with the spirit
Oh good God a mighty, move with the spirit
Yeah
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Aretha Franklin performs "Spirit In The Dark", and this lyric page sits inside the Aretha Franklin catalog on LyroVerse.
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