drop that long face come on have your fling why keep nursing the blues if you want this old world on a string put on your dancing shoes stop wasting time put on your dancing shoes watch your spirits climb shall we dance or keep on mopin shall we dance and walk on air shall we give in to despair or shall we dance with never a care life is short we re growing older don t you be an also ran you d better dance little lady dance little man dance whenever you can