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Come Dancing

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Come Dancing was released on May 24, 1983 by Sanctuary Records as a part of the album State of Confusion

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

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Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Dave Davies

Guitar

J. Rodford

Bass Guitar

Mick Avory

Drums

Ian Gibbons

Keyboards

John Beecham

Trombone

Andy Hamilton

Tenor Saxophone

Noel Morris

Trumpet

Alan Holmes

Tenor Saxophone

Ray Davies

Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Ray Davies

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Damian Korner

Engineer

John Rollo

Engineer

Bob Ludwig

Mastering Engineer

Ray Davies

Producer

Lyrics

They put a parking lot on a piece of land

Where 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 them 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

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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

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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

[Instrumental]

Come dancing

Just like the Palais on a Saturday

And all her friends will come dancing

Where the big bands used to play

Written by: Ray Davies

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