I won't dance, don't ask me I won't dance, don't ask me I won't dance, madame, with you My heart won't let my feet do things that they should do You know what? You're lovely And so what? I'm lovely But, oh, what you do to me I'm like an ocean wave that's bumped on the shore I feel so absolutely stumped on the floor When you dance, you're charming and you're gentle 'Specially when we do the continental But this feeling isn't purely mental For, heaven rest us, I am not asbestos And that's why I won't dance, why should I? I won't dance, how could I? I won't dance, merci beaucoup We know that music leads the way to romance, So if I hold you in my arms I won't dance When you dance, you're charming and you're gentle 'Specially when we do the continental But this feeling isn't purely mental For, heaven rest us, I am not asbestos And that's why I won't dance, why should I? I won't dance, how could I? I won't dance, merci beaucoup We know that music leads the way to romance, So if I hold you in my arms I won't dance I won't dance I won't dance I won't dance I won't dance dance dance I won't dance Dance!