Tom Fairnie

Lyrics

Everybody’s Got To Learn To Dance

See the girl in the black dress
And the boy by her side
He’s followed her around the room
With his eyes
He puts his hand on her lower back
For a dance
He makes his move; he takes his chance

Everybody’s got to learn to dance
Everybody’s got to take a chance
Everybody’s got to know the tune
Everybody’s got to make their move, make their move

He tries to find a winning phrase
To make her smile
Misses every opportunity
By a mile
She just wants this shy young man
To hold her hand
To make his move; to take a chance

Everybody’s got to learn to dance...

She asks him if he knows her name
He whispers yes
He wants to tell her everything
He wants to confess
How much he’d love to touch the skin
Beneath her dress
To make his move; to take the chance

Everybody’s got to learn to dance...

The game runs at its own pace
The music fast or slow
The heart beats to its own drum
Loves metronome
But we’ve all got to learn the steps
To that first dance
To make our move; to take our chance

Everybody’s got to learn to dance...


© Everybody’s Got To Learn To Dance words & music by Thomas Yule Fairnie 1.9.01