Ten Cents A Dance-Ella Fitzgerald/Rodgers/Hart

[ti:Ten Cents A Dance] [ar:Ella Fitzgerald] [al:Rodgers & Hart - Vol 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ten Cents A Dance - Ella Fitzgerald/Rodgers/Hart [00:14.61]I work at the palace ballroom [00:18.57] [00:19.20]But gee that palace is cheap [00:22.25] [00:23.60]When I get back to my chillly hallroom [00:28.64]I'm much too tired to sleep [00:32.67] [00:33.51]I'm one of those lady teachers [00:37.24] [00:38.00]A beautiful hostess you know; [00:41.39] [00:42.67]One that the palace features [00:46.53] [00:47.05]At exactly a dime a throw [00:54.12] [00:55.06]Ten cents a dance [00:58.46] [00:59.95]Thats what they pay me [01:02.26] [01:03.00]Gosh how they weigh me down [01:08.53] [01:10.97]Ten cents a dance pansies and rough guys [01:18.14] [01:19.07]Tough guys who tear my gown [01:23.70] [01:26.56]Seven to midnight I hear drums [01:32.47] [01:34.45]Loudly the saxophone blows [01:41.05] [01:42.25]Trumpets are tearing my ear-drums [01:49.22] [01:50.32]Customers crush my toes [01:56.18] [01:57.90]Sometimes I think I've found my hero [02:05.25] [02:06.70]But its a queer romance; [02:12.57] [02:13.76]All that you need is a ticket [02:20.10] [02:21.74]Come on big boy ten cents a dance [02:28.94] [02:29.81]Fighters and sailers and bow-legged tailors [02:33.84]Can pay for their tickets & rent me [02:37.30] [02:38.72]Butchers and barbers and rats from the harbour [02:42.71]Are sweethearts my good luck has sent me [02:48.35]Thought I've a chorus of elderly bows [02:52.21] [02:52.86]Stockings are porous with holes at the toes [02:57.39] [02:58.90]I'm here till closing time [03:04.92] [03:07.34]Dance and be merry its only a dime [03:14.38] [03:15.46]Sometimes I think [03:18.80] [03:19.65]I've found my hero [03:22.21] [03:23.47]But its a queer romance; [03:29.41] [03:30.83]All that you need is a ticket [03:35.27] [03:38.16]Come on come on big boy [03:41.85] [03:42.42]Ten cents a dance