Dance Little Jean

I played a wedding for the money

And I wished I could've

Told the bride and groom

Just what I think of marriage

And what's in store

After their honeymoon

And I was grumblin' to the dancers

About how men and women

Ought to live apart

And how a promise never made

Cannot be broken

And can never break a heart

Then suddenly from out of nowhere

A little girl came dancing cross the floor

And all her crinolines were billowing

Beneath the skirt of calico

That she wore

Oh what a joy fell on the honored guest

As each one of them was drawn

Into her dream

And they laughed, stamped

And clapped their hands

And hollered at her

Dance little Jean

And they said, dance little Jean

This day is for you

Two people you love

Stood up to say, I do

Dance little Jean

A prayer that you had

Was answered today

Your mama's marrying your dad

Well my cynical heart just melted

'Cause I figured what this get together meant

How it ended years of tears

And sad confusion

That the little girl had spent

And they told the band to pack it up

About the time the couple cut the cake

But we played as long as they stayed

For love and laughs

And little Jeanie's sake

And we played

Dance little Jean

This day is for you

Two people you love

Stood up to say, I do

Dance little Jean

A prayer that you had

Was answered today

Your mama's marrying your dad

It was answered today

Your mama's marrying your dad