This is a funny song that you have to hear the story behind before you hear the song itself. The song is about one of Cheryl's dogs (a german shephard) that wouldn't let her dance around the house. Every time Cheryl started to dance, the dog would jump up on her and/or get in between her feet. Unless you hear the real story, you could easily think it was a song about a prostitute talking to her pimp.
Cheryl explains that when she wrote this song, she was performing with a band. The band wouldn't play any songs about her animals, so she disguised this song so they would do it.
- You Won't Let Me Dance
- Words And Music By:
- Cheryl Wheeler
- Every day I work real hard I need some recreation
- I don't ask you to feel sorry for my situation
- Lounging in your finest fur
- You keep a watchful eye
- So afraid that somehow something fun may pass you by
- (Chorus)
- 'Cause you don't let me dance
- You don't let me groove a minute
- I just want to move around
- But you don't let me dance
- Every time I start to move
- You interrupt so rudely
- If I did the same to you
- Think how indignant you'd be
- All your girls are clamoring to be the closest fools
- I don't want to play this game
- If you make up the rules
- (Chorus)
- I am tired of your static
- How come you are so dogmatic
- I'm fed up with you sticking
- Your big, fat nose
- In everything
- (Chorus)
- And if you think that I will buckle
- Under you’re mistaken
- I will take myself to
- Where some party's really shakin
- And you can keep your paws off me
- Your bark's worse than your bite
- Wag it somewhere else baby
- I'm going out tonight
- (Chorus)
- 2/5/86
- (P) January 8, 1997
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