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Artist: Ricky Nelson
Canonical path: /ricky-nelson/you-can-t-dance
Related lyric paths: 6
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You Can't Dance
Read You Can't Dance lyrics by Ricky Nelson on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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You Can't Dance
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Playing in a bar uptown we were trying to get up,
They kept pulling us down.
Said "We love the sound if you'd just play something
We could dance to.
Play us another one like the other one
Like the ones on the radio,
Don't go slow, get on with the show."
[chorus:]
And I said "If you can't dance to this one,
You can't dance til you take a chance,
If you can't dance to this one,
You can't dance. Dance."
Listen to the song you can move your feet,
If you listen to your heart beat,
Close your eyes let your body go,
Here comes another one like the other ones,
Like the ones on the radio,
Here we go, get on with the show.
[repeat chorus]
Here comes another one like the other ones,
Like the ones on the radio,
Here we go, get on with the show.
[repeat chorus]
If you can't dance
If you can't dance, if you can't dance.
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