Story Behind The Song
An unemployed construction worker has fallen in love with a professional dancer. She has a little one at home so this is her best chance at making money to support herself. She like him too. But as fate would have it, he has to leave town to find work and must choose...
Song Description
Boy meets girl in a dance establishment!
| Song Length |
3:16 |
Genre |
Country - Alternative, Pop - Classic |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking |
Subject |
Lost Love |
| Similar Artists |
The Eagles, The Beatles |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
She moves like a wisp of smoke in the breeze as she glides across the floor.
I watch mesmerized as if I'm in a trance.
It wasn't her first choice for work but she says she needed more.
She has a little one so she must dance.
Up down, turn around spinning like a merry-go-round.
Up down, turn around spinning like a merry-go-round.
How can I ask her to give this up when it's something she now loves?
Especially if I offer nothing more.
After all I have no prospects, and I'm leaving town today.
I watch her as I head out of the door.
Up down, turn around spinning like a merry-go-round.
Up down, turn around spinning like a merry-go-round.
She's a dancer, and it's nothing she can hide.
She's a dancer who lets no one inside.
There's no answer, and there's nothing I could do.
But let my tears fall on the dance floor too.
I've given it a lot of thought but there's not a good way out.
Even though we both have said our last goodbyes.
We know it could be a big mistake to let each other go.
As I left I saw it in her eyes.
Up down, turn around spinning like a merry-go-round.
Up down, turn around spinning like a merry-go-round.