Come Dancing

Song Come Dancing
Artist The Kinks
Album The Ultimate Collection

Lyrics

[00:22.80] They put a parking lot on a piece of land
[00:25.36] When the supermarket used to stand.
[00:28.80] Before that they put up a bowling alley
[00:31.74] On the site that used to be the local pally.
[00:34.86] That's where the big bands used to come and play.
[00:38.18] My sister went there on a Saturday.
[00:40.86] Come dancing,
[00:42.67] All her boyfriends used to come and call.
[00:46.55] Why not come dancing, it's only natural?
[00:49.78]
[00:57.53] Another Saturday, another date.
[01:00.38] She would be ready but she's always make them wait.
[01:03.00] In the hallway, in anticipation,
[01:04.82] He didn't know the night would end up in frustration.
[01:09.60] He'd end up blowing all his wages for the week
[01:12.60] All for a cuddle and a peck on the cheek.
[01:15.73] Come dancing,
[01:17.95] That's how they did it when I was just a kid,
[01:21.44] And when they said come dancing,
[01:23.63] My sister always did.
[01:38.13] My sister should have come in a midnight,
[01:40.50] And my mom would always sit up and wait.
[01:45.62] It always ended up in a big row
[01:47.18] When my sister used to get home late.
[01:50.49]
[01:51.68] Out of my window I can see them in the moonlight,
[01:55.24] Two silhouettes saying goodnight by the garden gate.
[01:58.18] The day they knocked down the pally
[02:05.86] My sister stood and cried.
[02:09.18] The day they knocked down the pally
[02:12.24] Part of my childhood died, just died.
[02:29.49]
[02:36.01] Now I'm grown up and playing in a band,
[02:37.70] And there's a car park where the pally used to stand.
[02:41.55] My sister's married and she lives on an estate.
[02:43.99] Her daughters go out, now it's her turn to wait.
[02:47.40] She knows they get away with things she never could,
[02:50.23] But if I asked her I wonder if she would,
[02:53.39] Come dancing,
[02:54.83] Come on sister, have yourself a ball.
[02:58.45] Don't be afraid to come dancing,
[03:01.39] It's only natural.
[03:15.32] Come dancing,
[03:17.64] Just like the pally on a Saturday.
[03:20.52] And all her friends will come dancing
[03:23.08] Where the big bands used to play.