Robert Earl Keen
Robert Earl Keen
Robert Earl Keen
Robert Earl Keen
Robert Earl Keen
Robert Earl Keen
Robert Earl Keen
Robert Earl Keen
Robert Earl Keen
Robert Earl Keen
Robert Earl Keen
Robert Earl Keen
Robert Earl Keen
Robert Earl Keen
[Verse 1]
The first of the month brings back the notion
Of a big round white dance hall and a cool summer night
Red cherry faces set black shoes in motion
To the oom-pa-pa rhthm of a German delight
[Chorus]
And I tried hard to tell you I was no kinda dancer
Take my hand to prove I was wrong
You guided me gently
Though I thought I could never
We were dancing together at the end of the song
[Verse 2]
A taught little bald man, like a German war hero
With buxom ol' matrons to a quick John Paul Jones
Drapes of crepe paper, a ball made of mirrors
Cast shiny reflections on a brass-slide trombone
[Chorus]
And I tried hard to tell you I was no kinda dancer
Take my hand to prove I was wrong
You guided me gently
Though I thought I could never
We were dancing together at the end of the song
[Verse 3]
The man was still dancing with his phantom partner
Though the band had quit playing at the evening's end
Made me feel lucky that I had a partner
To teach me the dance steps and come back again
[Chorus]
And I tried hard to tell you I was no kinda dancer
Take my hand to prove I was wrong
You guided me gently
Though I thought I could never
We were dancing together at the end of the song
[Chorus]
And I tried hard to tell you
Take my hand to prove I was wrong
You guided me gently
Though I thought I could never
We were dancing together at the end of the song
No Kinda Dancer was written by Robert Earl Keen.
No Kinda Dancer was produced by Robert Earl Keen.