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 You know what? You are so lovely And, 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 Especially when you do the Continental But this feeling isn't purely mental For heaven rest us, I'm not asbestos And that's why I won't dance, why should I? I won't dance, how could I? I won't dance, I won't dance, merci beaucoup I 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 Especially when you do that Continental But this feeling isn't purely mental For, heaven rest us (heaven rest us) I am not asbestos (I am not asbestos) And that's why (and that's why) (Dance with me) I won't dance (I want my arms around you) I won't dance (Oh, will you dance with me?) I won't dance, merci beaucoup I know that music leads the way to romance So if I hold you in my arms, I won't dance You might dance You might dance, I'll ask you You might dance, oh really I might dance, oh really I might dance Dance with me!