Name: To Keep You Dancing
Duration: P00H03M34S
Description: This is about rewriting history for love. It's a happy one.

To Keep You Dancing

from I Meant It To Be Sweet by Tommy Wallach

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This is about rewriting history for love. It's a happy one.

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No I have never danced the tango
And the merengue leaves me cold
And though I’ve dipped my toe in salsa
It just reminds me that I’m old

But if you’re looking for a partner
Please won’t you shuffle down the line
I pas-de-deux so I can hold you
I’m waltzing just to make you mine

And when I told you to be careful of your feet
I meant it to be sweet, to be sweet
I knew someday you’d be ready for romancing
If I could only keep you dancing
I did it just to keep you dancing

It may not be as we remember
But was it ever very much?
Our first few steps may be a stumble
Oh, but it’s worth it just to touch

So leave an opening on your dance card
Each Friday night from ten to twelve
If all goes wrong we’ll blame the music
If we don’t try we’ll blame ourselves

And when I told you to be careful of your feet
I meant it to be sweet, to be sweet
I knew someday you’d be ready for romancing
If I could only keep you dancing
I did it just to keep you dancing
Dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing, oh…

I knew someday you’d be ready for romancing
If I could only keep you dancing
I did it just to keep you
I did it just to keep you
I did it just…
…Oooo…
…to keep you dancing

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from I Meant It To Be Sweet, released June 24, 2014
Song by Tommy Wallach
Vocals: Tommy Wallach
Rhythm and Lead Guitars: Vic Wong
Horns, Bass, Drums, Glockenspiel: Giulio Carmassi
Extra Drums: Byard Duncan
Special Mention: Craig Gotsill

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Tommy Wallach New York

Tommy is a writer and musician currently living in Brooklyn, NY. His songs have over half a million views on YouTube, and he's performed at the Guggenheim Museum and other neat places. "I Meant It To Be Sweet" (Rude Fox Records) is his first album since his 2008 self-titled EP (Decca/Universal Records). His first novel "We All Looked Up" will be published by Simon & Schuster in April 2015 ... more

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