Elvis Costello No Dancing Lyrics

No Dancing Lyrics

Oh I know that she
has mad a fool of him,
like girls have done so many nights before,
time and time again.
Life is so strange.
I don`t know why,
but somebody,
somebody has to cry.
There`s gonna be no dancing when they get home.

No dancing,
there`s gonna be no dancing,
there`s gonna be no dancing on my own.

Now he`s telling her
every little thing he`s done;
Once he glanced at the jackets of some paperbacks.
Now he`s read every one.
He`s such a drag.
He`s not insane.
It`s just that everybody
has to feel his pain.
There`s gonna be no dancing when they get home.

He`s getting down on his knees.
He finds that her brother`s not so easy to please,
After all, his nights were just a paper striptease.
She`s caught it like some disease.
If he says no dancing,
there`s gonna be no dancing on my own.

She can`t even speak to him.
He can`t face her now.
He says "Even though I wanna shake your hand,
all I ever do is bow.
so know you see
how can it be?
Why can`t you give me anythin` but sympathy?"
There`s gonna be no dancing when they get home.

No dancing,
there`s gonna be no dancing,
there`s gonna be no dancing on my own.