Diamond life, lover boy
He move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy
City lights and business nights
When you require streetcar desire for higher heights
No place for beginners or sensitive hearts
Sentiment is left to chance
No place to be ending but somewhere to start
No need to ask
He's a smooth operator
Smooth operator
Smooth operator
Smooth operator
Coast to coast, L.A. to Chicago, Western male
Across the North and South, to Key Largo, love for sale
Face to face, each classic case
We shadow box and double cross
Yet need the chase
A license to love, insurance to hold
Melts all your memories and change into gold
His eyes are like angels, his heart is cold
No need to ask
He's a smooth operator
Smooth operator
Smooth operator
Smooth operator
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When you analyze the cultural history of the US, and the world, you see this song as the end game. The club scene that began with disco in the mid-70s had run its course by the time this was released. This ended the process of "Disco Disintegration". The club scene died, largely due to what you hear in this cut, but you saw it in Michael Cembello's "Maniac" and in Hall and Oats "Maneater". Disco died, and the death was celebrated in music.