The Gentlemen Are Dancing On Their Toes
from Imagine That by Monty Harper
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lyrics
The gentlemen are dancing on their toes, on their toes.
The gentlemen are dancing on their toes.
The ladies all exclaim that their feet are in great pain
for the gentlemen are dancing on their toes!
Oh, the ladies all exclaim about their feet, about their feet.
The ladies all exclaim about their feet.
Two jugglers from Pierre keep twenty biscuits in the air,
as the ladies all exclaim about their feat!
Oh, the jugglers toss their biscuits in the air, everywhere.
The jugglers toss their biscuits in the air.
The chefs aboard the yacht are cooking fish heads in a pot.
It makes the jugglers toss their biscuits everywhere!
Oh, the chefs they are cooking in a pot, in a pot.
The chefs they are cooking in a pot.
The blind man from Berlin has accidentally knocked them in.
Now the chefs, they are cooking in a pot!
Oh, the blind man accidentally knocked them in, knocked them in.
The blind man accidentally knocked them in.
You should have seen the players’ faces as they ran around the bases,
when the blind man accidentally knocked them in!
Oh, you should have seen their faces as they ran, as they ran.
You should have seen their faces as they ran.
The painted clowns from Istanbul up and dove right in the pool,
and you should have seen their faces as they ran!
Oh, the clowns from Istanbul dove right in, dove right in.
Those clowns from Istanbul , they dove right in.
They stole a plate of chocolate sweets, which the children rarely eat,
but those clowns from Istanbul, they dove right in!
Yes, the children very rarely take in sweets, take in sweets.
The children very rarely take in sweets.
The gentlemen’s ballet will dance the Nutcracker today,
although the children very rarely take in Suites!
So the gentlemen are dancing on their toes, on their toes.
The gentlemen are dancing on their toes.
We’ve come right around the bend; the beginning is the end,
for the gentlemen are dancing on their toes!
The gentlemen are dancing on their toes.
The ladies all exclaim that their feet are in great pain
for the gentlemen are dancing on their toes!
Oh, the ladies all exclaim about their feet, about their feet.
The ladies all exclaim about their feet.
Two jugglers from Pierre keep twenty biscuits in the air,
as the ladies all exclaim about their feat!
Oh, the jugglers toss their biscuits in the air, everywhere.
The jugglers toss their biscuits in the air.
The chefs aboard the yacht are cooking fish heads in a pot.
It makes the jugglers toss their biscuits everywhere!
Oh, the chefs they are cooking in a pot, in a pot.
The chefs they are cooking in a pot.
The blind man from Berlin has accidentally knocked them in.
Now the chefs, they are cooking in a pot!
Oh, the blind man accidentally knocked them in, knocked them in.
The blind man accidentally knocked them in.
You should have seen the players’ faces as they ran around the bases,
when the blind man accidentally knocked them in!
Oh, you should have seen their faces as they ran, as they ran.
You should have seen their faces as they ran.
The painted clowns from Istanbul up and dove right in the pool,
and you should have seen their faces as they ran!
Oh, the clowns from Istanbul dove right in, dove right in.
Those clowns from Istanbul , they dove right in.
They stole a plate of chocolate sweets, which the children rarely eat,
but those clowns from Istanbul, they dove right in!
Yes, the children very rarely take in sweets, take in sweets.
The children very rarely take in sweets.
The gentlemen’s ballet will dance the Nutcracker today,
although the children very rarely take in Suites!
So the gentlemen are dancing on their toes, on their toes.
The gentlemen are dancing on their toes.
We’ve come right around the bend; the beginning is the end,
for the gentlemen are dancing on their toes!
credits
from Imagine That,
released January 1, 1996
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Monty Harper Stillwater, Oklahoma
Monty Harper is a children's musician in Stillwater, OK. He performs for elementary schools and libraries, helps kids write their own songs in workshops and residencies, does informal science education, and writes songs for clients.
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Nov 2011
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