My memory is muddy, what's this river that I'm in? Bourbon blues on the street, loose and complete Under skies all smoky blue-green I can't forsake a Dixie dead-shake So we danced the sidewalk clean New Orleans is sinking man, and I don't wanna swim

Oh, through! Well, she was standing in the bar I said, "Hello, how do you do?" She handed me a beer with a kangaroo She spoke of places I had never been That she had traveled to And we slow danced along to faster tunes And I made her laugh, I made a pass

To show you all something someday Just a face in the crowd To the wind you’re a toy Just a drunk Irish boy I’ll be back around Well, I danced in the arms of a black haired girl In Scollay Square after the war And I drank to get drunk, and sank and I

Imagine my frustration with no Invitation to dance Wallflower, my dear I went down to the dance Such a clown by the wall Invited to dance By no one at all The couples danced fine So charming and gay

Love her like she's leaving Oh and I guarantee she won't Like it's all going to end if you don't We cut the cake everybody danced And some people drank too much You looked like the cover of Brides magazine And I looked like some guy in a tux I'll never

And remember this moment for the rest of our lives Take my hand, let's have a blast Our lives (our lives) Tonight (tonight) And we danced (oh) And we cried (oh) Take my hand (oh), let's have a blast (oh) Get on the back of you Ooh, leah, ooh, leah, ooh,

And I’ll spin for you like your favorite records used to And we danced, we danced With windows down, and we danced, we danced You were the song stuck in my head Played again and again and again And you can get what you want but it’s never enough Do you

The time that you danced with me With no music playing And I don't mind I remember when we kissed I remember til I cry But the one thing I wish I'd forget The memory I wanna forget I can honestly say you've been on my mind Since I woke up today, up today

We wandered led by the gods You gave a voice Uîdluiā of the Allobroges Your feet danced In the footprints of the Otherworld The words of your songs Carved into our hearts

And we danced Out there on that empty hardwood floor The chairs up and the lights turned way down low The music played, we held each other close The bar was empty I was sweeping up the floor That's when she walked in I said, I'm sorry but we're closed