Everybody Dances in New Orleans Lyrics

Everybody Dances in new Orleans

I said, no thanks, I don't dance

But you pulled me to the floor

You said, everybody dances in New Orleans

I said, these aren't dancing shoes

You said, you've got nothing to lose

I'll take you dancing darling tonight

I'll take you dancing darling

In old New Orleans, you said, we do just what we wanna

Everybody shakes it in the French Quarter

In old Frenchmen street

The music never stops

We danced to zydeco and swing

Cajun, doo-wop

'Til our hands were sore from clapping

'Til our feet dropped off

'Til we forgot who we were

And who we are not

We lived on gumbo, jambalaya, po' boys and vodka

Swimming down Bourbon street on liquid limbs

I'll take you dancing darling tonight

I'll take you dancing darling

We walked the Creole streets of old New Orleans

Warm rain in the air

Jazz on the breeze

Past rainbow coloured houses

Shining from their stilts

Ferns spilling from baskets

From balconies that tilt

We lived on gumbo, jambalaya, po' boys and vodka

Swimming down Bourbon street on liquid limbs

We got lost in Creole streets

Lost ourselves 'neath Creole sheets

And at the end of the week, I said

Thanks for the dancing darling tonight

Thanks for the dancing darling

In old Melbourne town

No one does just what they wanna

They're all wearing black

The sky grey and sombre

In old Melbourne town

The boys don't dance at all

They're just staring at the women

They're just propping up the walls

Don't care if its zydeco or swing

Cajun, doo-wop

I miss you old Frenchman street

Your music never stops

Make my hands sore from clapping

Make my feet drop off

'Til I forget who I am and who I am not

Take me dancing darling tonight

Take me dancing darling

I wanna go dancing darling

Take me dancing darling

I said, no thanks, I don't dance

But you pulled me to the floor

You said, everybody dances in New Orleans