Shall We Dance

Oh but it's very exciting, when you're young at your first dance

And you're sitting on a small quilt chair with your eyes lowered

Terrified that you'd be a wallflower

And suddenly you see two black shoes, a white waistcoat, a face, it speaks...

We've just been introduced

I do not know you well

But when the music started

Something drew me to your side

So many men and girls

Are in each other's arms

It made me think we might be

Similarly occupied

Shall we dance?

On a bright cloud of music, shall we fly?

Shall we dance?

Shall we then say "Goodnight" and mean "Goodbye"?

Or perchance

When the last little star has left the sky

Shall we still be together

With our arms around each other

And shall you be my new romance?

On the clear understanding

That this kind of thing can happen

Shall we dance?

Shall we dance?

Shall we dance?

Mm mm mm

Mm mm mm

Why'd you stop?

You dance pretty, go on, go on, go on!

Oh Your Majesty I didn't realize, after all I'm not a dancing girl...

In England, no woman would dance while a man is looking at her

But you will dance with strange men, holding hands, etc

Yes, but not always a stranger. Usually a very good friend

Good, then we will dance together! You show me. Teach, teach, teach!

Well, it's quite simple, the polka

You count, one, two, three

And one, two, three and one, two, three

Shall we dance?

One, two, three and?

On a bright cloud of music, shall we fly?

One, two, three and?

Shall we dance?

One, two, three and?

Shall we then say "Goodnight" and mean "Goodbye"?

One, two, three and?

Or perchance

When the last little star has left the sky

Shall we still be together

With our arms around each other

And shall you be my new romance?

On the clear understanding

That this kind of thing can happen

Shall we dance?

Shall we dance?

Shall we dance?

One, two, three and one, two, three and

One, two, three and one, two, three and

One, two, three, one, two, three

One, two... Something wrong!

I know, I know, I forgot "and" next time

I'll remember!

One, two, three and one, two, three and

One, two, three and one, two, three and

Oh that's splendid, your Majesty!

Splendid! Splendid!

And one, two, three and one, two, three and

One, two, three and

That is not right!

Yes, it is! You're doing beautifully, your Majesty

Not the way I see Europeans dance tonight

Yes, it was! It was just like that!

We're not holding two hands, like this

No. As a matter of fact

Or no-o-o-ot like this

Yes

Come!