One Dance

Dan Bern

Fifty Eggs

Because I love you, I get tongue tied around you
I never say smart stuff around you, I never say anything around you
That makes you wanna be with me
So, because I love you, I will never be with you

There's plenty other people who I always find the words for
That I got the sweet gift of gab for
That I'm magical and good for
Who, because I do not love them, always wanna be with me

Everything I say is true
So there's nothing we can do
Then, what the Hell, I'll say to you
Let me have one dance with you

I recognize the look in my eyes when I see you
It's the look of one who loves you
Who wants nothing, except to be with you
It is not the look that often gets returned in kind

Same old tale, ain't nothing new
What the Hell's a soul to do
But maybe you can help me through
Giving me one dance with you, one dance with you
One dance with you, one dance with you
One dance with you

Why do all the rules I make about how to act around other people
Like don't write them private notes, tryin' to explain your foolish actions
Like not hanging around for hours
After it's obvious that your presence ain't desired

Like names are not important
So if someone forgets your name
They're forgetting something intangible
That has nothing to do with you
So it's stupid to feel bad
If someone forgets your name

Why do all the rules I make
About how to act 'round other people
Always fall by the wayside
When I get around you

There ain't no more carrot stew
That old sky ain't never blue
That's a lie, but this is true
All I want's one dance with you

My bed's unmade, my stuff's askew
I ain't heard the dumbest clue
I just wanna squeeze on through
By getting one more dance with you

Stick it, while there's still some glue
Move that stuff, while there's a crew
Before I stumble someplace new
Let me have one dance with you
Let me have one dance with you
Let me have one dance with you

Woody Guthrie carves a sign into his guitar
He says "this machine kills fascism"
Ani DiFranco says "every tool
Is a weapon if you hold it right"

I say "here's a monkey wrench
If you bop me on the head long enough
Maybe I'll wake up for a second"

One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you

One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you

One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you, dance with you
Dance with you, dance with you

One dance with you
One dance with you, oooooooh
One dance with you
One dance with you, one dance

One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance
With you

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