Graham Parker

Dancing For Money

Graham Parker


When I ask you for a light You don't turn the lights out 
When I'm looking for a fight You don't punch my lights out 
Sometimes they say Love is invincible 
I wouldn't go as far as to say that 
One thing I know One thing is certain honey 
We're not dancing for money ooo oooo

When I ask you for a buck You don't call me deer 
When I try to push my luck You don't twist my ear 
Sometimes when I'm Blind drunk I see it all 
But I can't do Anything about it 
I fall on my face And jerk like a puppet honey 
Just like dancing for money 

Familiarity breeds contempt So I turn off the radio 
From life's pain I'm not exempt I'm just lucky I can go 
Some other place Where there's a sun up high 
Right in my face For once in a lifetime 
I'm not a slave, I'm not a captain honey 
I'm not dancing for money

I'm not a slave, I'm not a captive 
I'm not in chains Or nailed to a cross 
One thing's for sure One thing is certain honey 
I'm not dancing for money I'm not dancing for money
Oooh not dancing for money (4 times)