i won t dance don t ask me i won t dance don t ask me i won t dance madame with you my heart won t let me do things they should do you know what you re lovely and so what i m lovely but oh what you do to me i m like an ocean wave that s bumped on the shore i feel so absolutely stumped on the floor when you dance you re charming and you re gentle specially when you do the continental but this feeling isn t purely mental for heaven rest us i m not asbestos and that s why i won t dance why should i i won t dance how could i i won t dance merci beaucoup i know that music leads the way to romance so if i hold you in my arms i won t dance