ella fitzgerald and duke ellington 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 but nobody wants to look over my way so awfully sad dissatisfied i hurt so bad i almost cried imagine my frustration with no invitation to dance head high standing tall who else who else could i be but ella next to the wall a fella who likes what they see and then in my ear someone said to me wallflower my dear how come you can t see they couldn t care less they re not impressed as you might have guessed you re in excess imagine my frustration with no invitation to dance i smiled to the crowd tip toe and alert yes the band blues went loud but next on a flirt a voice said to me wallflower my dear you re sweet as can be but how come you re here they couldn t care less about your dress you re in a mess and in excess imagine my frustration with no invitation to dance