Kenny Chesney - Dancin' for the Groceries lyrics

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She’s thinkin’ about what her kids are doin’

Five miles away it’s almost time for bed

They’re brushin’ teeth and hearin’ one more story

And in the mirror she paints her lips bright red.

She wishes she could call and say she loves them

But the boss man says no calls go out or in

So she puts on a dress that might feel pretty

If she didn’t have to take it off again.

She’s dancin’ for the groceries

She’s dancin’ for the rent

She’s dancin’ for the credit card that she’s already spent

In sequins and in laces

She’s dancin’ for the braces

So her kids can have a perfect smile some day

Smilin’ while she dances is the price she has to pay.

They tell her in this job there is no future

So get it while you can cause looks don’t last

There’s money in those pockets for the taking

And if you do it right it makes the time go fast.

The music’s loud, the drinks are mostly water

What her name is tonight she can’t recall

The businessmen stare at the single mother

Who’s smilin’while she’s starin’ at the wall.

She’s dancin’ for the groceries

She’s dancin’ for the rent

She’s dancin’ for the credit card that she’s already spent

In sequins and in laces

She’s dancin’ for the braces

So her kids can have a perfect smile some day

Smilin’ while she dances is the price she has to pay.

Someday she’ll have a house out in the country

Someday she’ll see the other side of dawn

And no one will ever know what it was she did before

She just heard the D.J. say you’re on.

And the lights come up and they play her song.

She’s dancin’ for the groceries

She’s dancin’ for the rent

She’s dancin’ for the credit card that she’s already spent

In sequins and in laces

She’s dancin for the braces

So her kids can have a perfect smile some day

Smilin while she dances, smilin’ while she dances

Is the price she has to pay.

She’s dancin’ for the groceries

It’s the price she has to pay

Dancin’ for the groceries

Is the price she has to pay...