Won't Somebody Dance With Me

Album: The Best of Lynsey de Paul (1973)
Charted: 14
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  • And now the band is playing very slow
    And once again, I'll get my coat and go
    A lonely wallflower waiting by the wall
    Without the will power to face the music at all

    Please, won't somebody dance with me
    Start up a romance with me
    Just someone to care
    Someone, somewhere for a dance with me

    I feel so silly in my patent shoes
    So many partners but none of them will choose
    A lonely wallflower, growing very tired
    Into the small hours and feeling undesired

    Please, won't somebody dance with me
    Start up a romance with me
    Just someone, somewhere
    Someone who dares, take a chance with me

    for a dance with me
    Won't somebody dance with me
    Start up a romance with me
    Just someone, somewhere
    Someone who dares, take a chance with me

    Just someone to care
    Someone, somewhere for a dance with me

    May I have the pleasure of this dance? Writer/s: LYNSEY DE PAUL
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Roscoe B from Munich, Germany...and according to a recent interview, it's still the song she is most proud of.
  • Roscoe B from Munich, GermanyLynsey's version of her song "Won't Somebody Dance With Me" also made number 7 on the Irish charts and number 17 on the Dutch charts.

    The song has been covered by Beach Boy Bruce Johnson and Lena Zavaroni and featured in "The Muppet Show", "The Mickey Mouse Show" and the film "The Big Sleep".
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