Janis Ian - I Would Like to Dance lyrics

Look at me I would like to dance But I haven't the clothes for romance So I'll stay with the boys in the band I would like to be cool Like the ladies who drool as they advance But I can't get my feet To go where I lead with my toes At the debutante's ball everybody does all they can do to enhance Every corset in town in a gown made specially in France And the men here can tell at a glance I would like to maintain but it sure seems a shame to sit on my hands And I only got into the swim by the seat of my pants Not another woman in the world Who could make a living Pitching the light fandango dancing on the streets of the city Look at me, playing freelance at the ball Catch my entrance to the hall Far from the gilded lily Look at me would you like to dance I've a book illustrating the stance And I can't get my head To go where I lead With my toes I feel solo