Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Frank Sinatra
Performer
Count Basie
Performer
Neal Hefti
Conductor
Count Basie and His Orchestra
Orchestra
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Oscar Hammerstein II
Lyrics
Otto Harbach
Lyrics
Jerome Kern
Composer
Jimmy McHugh
Lyrics
Dorothy Fields
Lyrics
Neal Hefti
Arranger
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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 me feet do things that they should do
[Verse 2]
You know what? You're lovely
You know what? 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
[Verse 3]
When you dance, you're charming and you're gentle
Especially when you do that Continental
And this feeling isn't purely mental
'Cause Heaven rest us, I'm not asbestos
And that's why
[Verse 4]
I won't dance, why should I?
I won't dance, how could I?
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
[Verse 5]
Well, I like the way you do that Continental
And this feeling isn't purely mental
For Heaven rest us, I am not asbestos
And that's why
[Verse 6]
I won't dance, why should I?
I won't dance, how could I?
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
Written by: Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach