C. Daniel Boling - We Can Still Waltz

©2023 Tom Paxton – Bristow Songs / SESAC & Daniel Boling – Perfectly Stable Music / ASCAP & & Noel Paul Stookey – Neworld Multimedia Pub / ASCAP

We used to Jitterbug – Now days we don’t
Our spirits are willing – Our bodies just won’t
Between us we may have a long list of faults
But, thank heaven, we can still waltz!
Dancing with old folks brings back better days
Days that seem long ago now
Moving together as the saxophone plays
Back then everybody knew how
There are a few things you never forget
It’s kinda like riding a bike
Each partner you met was the loveliest yet
We'd keep dancing as long as we liked ...
And we used to Jitterbug – Now days we don’t
Our spirits are willing – Our bodies just won’t
Between us we may have a long list of faults
But, thank heaven, we can still waltz!
A few times a year for a Saturday night
They hang up crepe paper and turn down the lights
Move tables and chairs – Set up the band
The music strikes up – We each take someone’s hand …
So many women but just a few men
Out on the dance floor tonight
But when they go spinning and spinning again
It’s oh such a beautiful sight
And the boys in the band sure aren’t boys anymore
But they’re so glad to play the old tunes
All of us dancers are filling the floor
Till it’s time to go back to our rooms
But we used to Jitterbug – Now days we don’t
Our spirits are willing – Our bodies just won’t
Between us we may have a long list of faults
But, thank heaven, we can still waltz!
Thank heaven, we can still waltz!