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Shimmy (Dance With Your Girl)

from Drifter by Francis Larson

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lyrics

Shimmy (Dance With Your Girl)

I’m tapping the beat,
no I can’t help these feet
Searching the crowd for someone to join with me
Then I see her off in the corner,
bopping her head to the drummer
And I start to fall hard
yeah, hook line and sinker
Then I notice your arm lightly draped around her
Seems like she’s chained to the table
I feel I oughtta say
“That ain’t right Jack,
No, you’re keeping her back,
Boy, I can see she just wanna

And I will dance with your girl if you ain’t gonna
When she shimmies your way your face says you don’t wanna
The band’s more than alright
And the groove is tight, so
I will take her hand, pull her in, make her smile, make her spin while you sit idly by
Cause oh what a damn shame when she moves so fine
No I ain’t got no shame, I will dance with your girl tonight

Verse 2
boy you best get your ass up out that seat
You don’t want to be left behind as she picks up the beat
Cause if hips don’t lie, she’s bored with your wallflower sighs
When she’s trying to give you those bedroom eyes
Now she sways her body, it’s just as sweet as candy, and I barely notice the room around me
As she takes front and center, all eyes are on her, so boy tell me you know better...

Chorus

[Drum + guitar solo]

She backs up the caboose, lets her hair loose, and puts on her dancing shoes
Your weak excuse, it don’t amuse, it just gives her the blues
No you ain’t gotta groove like Kevin Bacon in Footloose
Just know she won’t wait around if don’t cut loose
She’ll turn her back on you, boy get a clue,
if not you’ll know the meaning of you snooze you lose
Now she’s looking for a partner, and there’s plenty of us out here,
and I know that she will choose someone new
So I will throw in my hat, what you think about that?

I danced with your girl cause you weren’t gonna
She shimmied my way and I said “I never wanna
leave you high and dry, when you want to go steppin’ all night, so
Cut some rug, burn the floor, I’ll keep up, ask for more and stay by your side
Cause lady I seen you move so fine
And you know these desires your boyfriend won’t satisfy
what a damn shame he couldn’t muster some fight
Cause something tells me
you’re taking me home tonight.”
And ain’t that the truth, boy
I left with your girl that night.

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from Drifter, released September 9, 2020

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