BALLERINA
Carl Sigman and Bob Russell
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Verse 1
DANCE, BALLERINA DANCE,
AND DO YOUR PIROUETTE
IN RHYTHM WITH YOUR ACHING HEART
DANCE, BALLERINA DANCE,
YOU MUSTN’T ONCE FORGET
A DANCER HAS TO DANCE THE PART,
Verse 2
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,
Bridge
ONCE YOU SAID,
HIS LOVE MUST WAIT IT’S TURN,
YOU WANTED FAME INSTEAD,
I GUESS THAT’S YOUR CONCERN,
WE LIVE AND LEARN,
Verse 3
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!!!!!!
(Return to Bridge)
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