You know the kind of girl spreads mystique She'll plant a kiss upon your cheek - whoa She's the one the rich boys like She guards a slingshot from their sight Now you may call it lack of competence Here's my story and my defense I watched her slowly and I watched her fast I've got to make the moment last At the dance, (o-o) You take a chance, o yeah At the dance (o-o) A romance, o yeah So there were seated face to face The cat and mouse without the chase yeah And she lifts her smile at me I stabbed her with stupidity So I took out a paper and wrote down my name And she whispered it's all the same And so I'm standing here looking dumb but Ah she took to me, did that girl succumb At the dance, (o-o) You take a chance, o yeah At the dance (o-o) A romance, o yeah Went home that night and I climbed the walls, yeah Left my number for her call O - but I tell you that they're all the same Love you the first night - forget your name O - what a shame At the dance, (o-o) You take a chance, o yeah Tell you at the dance (o-o) A romance succumb stabs you At the dance (o-o, o no) You take a chance, o yeah Tell you at the dance, (o-o) Give me at the dance O - I live at the dance That girl is driving me hell now Now everywhere At the dance, o-o, o no) You take a chance I tried at the dance I tried my waltz, (o-o) I tried; I tried my waltz At the dance (o-o) Yeah