Ballerina Lyrics

Ballerina lyrics

Ballerina

-Artist: Nat King Cole
-peak Billboard position # 18 in
1957
-previously charted in 1947 by Vaughn Monroe (#1)
-previously
charted in 1948 by Buddy Clark (#5); Bing Crosby (#10); and Jimmy
-Dorsey
(also #10)
-Words and Music by Bob Russell and Carl Sigman


Dance,
ballerina, dance
And do your pirouette in rhythm with your achin'
heart
Dance, ballerina, dance
You mustn't once forget a dancer has to
dance the part

Whirl, ballerina, whirl
And just ignore the chair
that's empty in the second row
This is your moment, girl
Although he's
not out there applauding as you steal the show

Once you said his love
must wait its turn
You wanted fame instead
I guess that's your
concern
We live and learn

And love is gone, ballerina, gone
So on
with your career, you can't afford a backward glance
Dance on and on and
on
A thousand people here have come to see the show
As 'round and 'round
you go
So ballerina, dance
Dance, dance!


Whirl ballerina


Once you said
his love must wait its turn
You wanted fame instead
I guess that's your
concern
We live and learn

And love is gone, ballerina, gone
So on
with your career, you can't afford a backward glance
Dance on and on and
on
A thousand people here have come to see the show
As 'round and 'round
you go
So ballerina, dance

Dance


Transcribed by Robin Hood