[ti:Come Dancing] [ar:The Kinks] [al:State of Confusion] [by:] [offset:0] [00:22.80]They put a parking lot on a piece of land [00:25.36]When the supermarket used to stand [00:28.80]Before that they put up a bowling alley [00:31.73]On the site that used to be the local pally [00:34.85]That's where the big bands used to come and play [00:38.17]My sister went there on a Saturday [00:40.86]Come dancing [00:42.67]All her boyfriends used to come and call [00:46.55]Why not come dancing it's only natural [00:49.78] [00:57.53]Another Saturday another date [01:00.37]She would be ready but she's always make them wait [01:02.99]In the hallway in anticipation [01:04.81]He didn't know the night would end up in frustration [01:09.59]He'd end up blowing all his wages for the week [01:12.59]All for a cuddle and a peck on the cheek [01:15.73]Come dancing [01:17.95]That's how they did it when I was just a kid [01:21.44]And when they said come dancing [01:23.62]My sister always did [01:38.12]My sister should have come in a midnight [01:40.50]And my mom would always sit up and wait [01:45.62]It always ended up in a big row [01:47.17]When my sister used to get home late [01:50.49] [01:51.67]Out of my window I can see them in the moonlight [01:55.23]Two silhouettes saying goodnight by the garden gate [01:58.17]The day they knocked down the pally [02:05.86]My sister stood and cried [02:09.18]The day they knocked down the pally [02:12.23]Part of my childhood died just died [02:29.48] [02:36.01]Now I'm grown up and playing in a band [02:37.69]And there's a car park where the pally used to stand [02:41.54]My sister's married and she lives on an estate [02:43.99]Her daughters go out now it's her turn to wait [02:47.40]She knows they get away with things she never could [02:50.23]But if I asked her I wonder if she would [02:53.39]Come dancing [02:54.82]Come on sister have yourself a ball [02:58.45]Don't be afraid to come dancing [03:01.39]It's only natural [03:15.32]Come dancing [03:17.64]Just like the pally on a Saturday [03:20.51]And all her friends will come dancing [03:23.07]Where the big bands used to play