I Won't Dance

I won't dance, don't ask me

I won't dance, don't ask me

I won't dance, Madame, with you

My heart won't let my feet do things that you doYou know what? You're lovelyAnd so what? I'm lovely

But, oh, what you do to me

I'm like an ocean wave that's bumped on the shore

I feel so absolutely stumped on the floorWhen you dance, you're charming and you're gentleEspecially when we do the ContinentalBut this feeling isn't purely mentalFor, heaven rest us, we're not asbestosAnd that's why I won't dance, why should I?I won't dance, how could I?I won't dance, merci beaucoup

We know that music leads the way to romance,

So if I hold you in my arms I won't danceWhen you dance, you're charming and you're gentle

Especially when we do the ContinentalBut this feeling isn't purely mental (Oh really)

For, heaven rest us, I'm not asbestosAnd that's why I won't dance, why should I?I won't dance, how could I?I won't dance, merci beaucoup

We know that music leads the way to romance

So if I hold you in my armsI won't dance

I won't dance

I won't dance

I won't dance

I won't dance, dance, dance,

I won't dance

Dance

Songwriters

DOROTHY FIELDS, JEROME KERN, JIMMY MC HUGH, OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II, OTTO HARBACHPublished by

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