Come Dancing
Composer(s): Ray Davies
Originally performed by: The Kinks
Covered by various other artists



They put a parking lot on a piece of land
Right where the super market used to stand
Before that, they put up a bowling alley
On the site that used to be the local Pali
That's where the big bands used to come and play
My sister went there on a Saturday

Come dancing! All her boyfriends used to come and call
Come dancing! It's only natural........

Another Saturday, another date
She would be ready but she'd always make him wait
In the hallway in anticipation
He didn't know the night would end up in frustration
He'd end up blowing all his wages for the week
All for a cuddle and a peck on the cheek

Come dancing! Come on, Sister! Have yourself a ball!
Don't be afraid to come dancing! It's only natural........

My sister should have come in at midnight
And my mom would always sit up and wait
It always ended up in a big row
When my sister used to get home late

Out in the moonlight, I could see them in the darkness
Two silhouettes, saying goodnight by the garden gate

The day they knocked down the Pali
My sister stood and cried
The day they knocked down the Pali
My sister's childhood died.....(just died)

And now I'm grown up and playing in a band
And there's a car lot where the Pali used to stand
My sister's married and she lives on an estate
She's two grown daughters, now it's her turn to wait
She lets them get away with things she never could
But if I asked her, I wonder if she would......

Come dancing! Just like the Pali on a Saturday
Why not come dancing? Where the big bands used to play ........