KINKS - Come Dancing lyrics

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They put a parking lot on a piece of land<br>When the supermarket used to stand.<br>Before that they put up a bowling alley<br>On the site that used to be the local palais.<br>That's where the big bands used to come and play.<br>My sister went there on a saturday.<br><br>Come dancing,<br>All her boyfriends used to come and call.<br>Why not come dancing, it's only natural? <br><br>Another saturday, another date.<br>She would be ready but she's always make them wait.<br>In the hallway, in anticipation,<br>He didn't know the night would end up in frustration.<br>He'd end up blowing all his wages for the week<br>All for a cuddle and a peck on the cheek.<br><br>Come dancing,<br>That's how they did it when I was just a kid,<br>And when they said come dancing,<br>My sister always did.<br><br>My sister should have come in a midnight,<br>And my mum would always sit up and wait.<br>It always ended up in a big row<br>When my sister used to get home late.<br><br>Out of my window I can see them in the moonlight,<br>Two silhouettes saying goodnight by the garden gate.<br><br>The day they knocked down the palais<br>My sister stood and cried.<br>The day they knocked down the palais<br>Part of my childhood died, just died.<br><br>Now I'm grown up and playing in a band,<br>And there's a car park where the palais used to stand.<br>My sister's married and she lives on an estate.<br>Her daughters go out, now it's her turn to wait.<br>She knows they get away with things she never could,<br>But if I asked her I wonder if she would,<br><br>Come dancing,<br>Come on sister, have yourself a ball.<br>Don't be afraid to come dancing,<br>It's only natural.<br><br>Come dancing,<br>Just like the palais on a saturday.<br>And all her friends will come dancing<br>Where the big bands used to play.