Piano Soul
Where We Learned to Dance
Emma sings to Daniel about the Tuesday nights they spent practising their first dance with the kitchen table pushed back.
Where We Learned to Dance
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An original Songilingy example. The people and story are fictional.
The story
Before the wedding, Emma and Daniel moved the kitchen table and put blue tape on the floor. They counted out loud, got the steps wrong and started again. On their wedding day, Emma wants to remember that room as much as the one they are standing in now.
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A first-dance song can start before the wedding. Bring in the room where you practised, something one of you kept getting wrong, or the words that made you both relax.
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We pushed the table to the wall Put blue tape on the floor You counted every step so loud The neighbours must have heard I kept on turning far too soon You caught me by the sleeve The song ran out, we stood there laughing Then you pressed repeat Dance with me, Daniel Just as we rehearsed You don't have to count out loud I'll tell you when to turn Let them have their photographs Let them see us laugh Keep one hand against my back And hold the other out They've moved the flowers from the floor Our friends are standing round You're looking down to check your feet The band is starting now I see the Tuesday after work Your tie still on the chair Our dinner waiting on the side While we tried it once again Dance with me, Daniel Just as we rehearsed You don't have to count out loud I'll tell you when to turn Let them have their photographs Let them see us laugh Keep one hand against my back And hold the other out Tomorrow we'll take down the tape And put the table back You'll find a bit beneath your shoe And leave it where it's at We haven't got much room at home But we know what to move When the evening needs a song And I need a dance with you Dance with me, Daniel Let the counting go If we turn the wrong way round They don't have to know Let them have their photographs Let them see us laugh Take me back to Tuesday nights With the table pushed right back When this song is finished Will you press repeat?