That Old Piano Roll

Listen to that old piano roll play

When I hear that old piano roll play

I just gotta dance

And what I mean is dance with you

Doesn't matter what I'm doin' or where—

When that ragtime rhythm tickles the air

I go in a trance

I only wanna dance

With you

Baby, baby

Come on along

Come on and dance

And maybe

By the time you get a load o'

That super-syncopated coda

You'll say, "I think that old piano roll's nice"

Then we'll play that old piano roll twice

Come on, take a chance—

I only wanna dance

With you

There's a honky-tonk down the street

Nothin' more than a dive

They got somethin', though, can't be beat

Somethin' really alive

They got this player piano

It's nothin' but a piano

Yeah-bo, but what a piano—

The only tune that it has is jazz!

It's just a mini-piano

A tiny, tinny piano

But folks from every city, town and ghetto

Adore that ad lib allegretto

Just listen to that old piano roll play!

I could hear that old piano all day

I just wanna dance

And what I mean is dance

With you

Makes no difference, sunny weather or rain

When that ragtime rhythm reaches my brain

I know in advance

I'm gonna wanna dance

With you

Baby, baby

Kick out the blues

Kick off your shoes

And maybe

That sympathetic syncopation'll

Prove to be so inspirational

We won't let that old piano roll stop

We won't let that old piano roll stop

We'll keep droppin' nickels in till we drop

We'll keep droppin' nickels in till we drop

I don't want romance

I only wanna dance

With—

I just wanna–

I just gotta–

I just wanna—

I just gotta–

I just wanna—

Dance!