Come Dancing
(专辑: State Of Confusion - 1983)
They put a
parking lot on a
piece of land When the
supermarket used to stand. Before that they put up a
bowling alley On the
site that used to be the
local palais. That's where the
big bands used to come and play. My sister went there on a
Saturday. Come dancing, All her boyfriends used to come and call. Why not come dancing, it's only natural? Another Saturday, another date. She would be ready but she's always make him wait. In the
hallway, in anticipation, He didn't know the
night would end up in frustration. He'd end up blowing all his wages for the
week All for a
cuddle and a
peck on the
cheek. Come dancing, That's how they did it when I
was just a
kid, And when they said come dancing, My sister always did. My sister should have come in at midnight, And my mum would always sit up and wait. It always ended up in a
big row When my sister used to get home late. Out of my window I
can see them in the
moonlight, Two silhouettes saying goodnight by the
garden gate. The
day they knocked down the
palais My sister stood and cried. The
day they knocked down the
palais Part of my childhood died, just died. Now I'm grown up and playing in a
band, And there's a
car park where the
palais used to stand. My sister's married and she lives on an estate. Her daughters go out, now it's her turn to wait. She knows they get away with things she never could, But if I
asked her I
wonder if she would, Come dancing, Come on sister, have yourself a
ball. Don't be afraid to come dancing, It's only natural. Come dancing, Just like the
palais on a
Saturday. And all her friends will come dancing Where the
big bands used to play.