Come Dancing-The Kinks

[00:22.80]They put a parking lot on a piece of land [00:25.36]When the supermarket used to stand. [00:28.80]Before that they put up a bowling alley [00:31.74]On the site that used to be the local pally. [00:34.86]That's where the big bands used to come and play. [00:38.18]My sister went there on a Saturday. [00:40.86]Come dancing, [00:42.67]All her boyfriends used to come and call. [00:46.55]Why not come dancing, it's only natural? [00:49.78] [00:57.53]Another Saturday, another date. [01:00.38]She would be ready but she's always make them wait. [01:03.00]In the hallway, in anticipation, [01:04.82]He didn't know the night would end up in frustration. [01:09.60]He'd end up blowing all his wages for the week [01:12.60]All for a cuddle and a peck on the cheek. [01:15.73]Come dancing, [01:17.95]That's how they did it when I was just a kid, [01:21.44]And when they said come dancing, [01:23.63]My sister always did. [01:38.13]My sister should have come in a midnight, [01:40.50]And my mom would always sit up and wait. [01:45.62]It always ended up in a big row [01:47.18]When my sister used to get home late. [01:50.49] [01:51.68]Out of my window I can see them in the moonlight, [01:55.24]Two silhouettes saying goodnight by the garden gate. [01:58.18]The day they knocked down the pally [02:05.86]My sister stood and cried. [02:09.18]The day they knocked down the pally [02:12.24]Part of my childhood died, just died. [02:29.49] [02:36.01]Now I'm grown up and playing in a band, [02:37.70]And there's a car park where the pally used to stand. [02:41.55]My sister's married and she lives on an estate. [02:43.99]Her daughters go out, now it's her turn to wait. [02:47.40]She knows they get away with things she never could, [02:50.23]But if I asked her I wonder if she would, [02:53.39]Come dancing, [02:54.83]Come on sister, have yourself a ball. [02:58.45]Don't be afraid to come dancing, [03:01.39]It's only natural. [03:15.32]Come dancing, [03:17.64]Just like the pally on a Saturday. [03:20.52]And all her friends will come dancing [03:23.08]Where the big bands used to play.