No Dancing

Elvis Costello

Oh I know that she 
Has made a fool of him 
Like girls have done so many nights before 
Time and time again 
Life is so strange 
I don't know why 
But somebody, somebody has to cry 
There's gonna be no dancing when they get home 
There's gonna be no dancing 
There's gonna be no dancing 
There's gonna be no dancing when they get home 

Now he's telling her 
Every little thing he's done 
Once he glanced at the jackets of some paperbacks 
Now he's read every one 
He's such a drag 
He's not insane 
It's just that everybody 
Has to feel his pain 
There's gonna be no dancing when they get home 

He's getting down on his knees 
He finds that the girl is not so easy to please 
Oh oh, after all, his nights were just a paper striptease 
She's caught it like some disease 

If he says no dancing 
There's gonna be no dancing 
There's gonna be no dancing on my own 

She can't even speak to him 
He can't face her now 
He says "Even though I wanna shake your hand 
All I ever do is bow. 
So now you see 
How can it be. 
Why can't you give me anythin' but sympathy?" 

There's gonna be no dancing 
There's gonna be no dancing 
There's gonna be no dancing 
There's gonna be no dancing 
There's gonna be no dancing on my own 


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