I LIKE TO LEAD WHEN I DANCE
Lyrics: Sammy Cahn - Music: Jimmy Van Heusen

Frank Sinatra with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra



"A little voice keeps talking to me
>From way down deep inside;
What does this voice keep saying to me?
It says 'Pass this affair, and pass it wide.'
You may be a puzzle,
But I like the way the parts fit.
Still, that little voice says
'Go get your track shoes, put them on, and git!'

We could go the distance, and find us romance;
I like your persistence, your style Andrea your stance.
There's only one problem ... the tiniest problem ...
I like to lead when I dance.

Your eyes do the speaking; they talk with each glance.
My willpower's creaking; I might take a chance -
And though you're the charmer who could bend my armor,
I like to lead when I dance.

I like to steer the car whenever I drive,
And hold the door ajar when we arrive.
So, if it's decided that this is romance,
My sweet, I'll repeat in advance:
I like to lead when I dance.
I like to lead when I dance.
When Adam bit the fruit, as fashions were then,
He got that fig-leaf suit ... for which, Amen.

So if it's decided I'm wearing the pants
Then, Eve, I'd say we've got romance.
I like to lead, I set the speed, I like to lead when I dance;
When I dance, when I dance, when I dance." 

(As featured on The Music of the Stars with Lou Rugani over WLIP)



(Contributed by Lou Rugani - THE MUSIC OF THE STARS (WLIP) - October 2015)