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Cover of the |
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Kinks: They put a parking lot on a piece of land |
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When the supermarket used to stand. |
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Before that they put up a bowling alley |
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On the site that used to be the local palais. |
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That's where the big bands used to come and play. |
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My sister went there on a |
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Saturday. |
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Come dancing, |
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All her boyfriends used to come and call. |
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Why not come dancing, it's only natural? |
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Another Saturday, another date. |
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She would be ready but she's always make them wait. |
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In the hallway, in anticipation, |
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He didn't know the night would end up in frustration. |
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He'd end up blowing all his wages for the week |
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All for a cuddle and a peck on the cheek. |
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Come dancing, |
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That's how they did it when |
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I was just a kid, |
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And when they said come dancing, |
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My sister always did. |
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My sister should have come in a midnight, |
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And my mom would always sit up and wait. |
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It always ended up in a big row |
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When my sister used to get home late. |
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Out of my window |
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I can see them in the moonlight, |
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Two silhouettes saying goodnight by the garden gate. |
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The day they knocked down the palais |
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My sister stood and cried. |
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The day they knocked down the palais |
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Part of my childhood died, just died. |
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Now I'm grown up and playing in a band, |
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And there's a car park where the palais used to stand. |
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My sister's married and she lives on an estate. |
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Her daughters go out, now it's her turn to wait. |
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She knows they get away with things she never could, |
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But if I asked her |
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I wonder if she would, |
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Come dancing, |
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Come on sister, have yourself a ball. |
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Don't be afraid to come dancing, |
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It's only natural. |
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Come dancing, |
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Just like the palais on a |
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Saturday. |
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And all her friends will come dancing |
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Where the big bands used to play. |