I lounge in the doorway
And languish in vain
While Tom, Dick and Harry
Are dancing with Jane
My spirit rises to the music’s beat
There’s a leaden fiend that lurks in my feet
To move to your motion, love, would be sweet
My spirit rises to the music’s beat
But ah
The leaden demon in my feet
But ah
The leaden demon in my feet
To move to your motion, love, would be sweet
My spirit rises to the music’s beat
But ah
The leaden demon in my feet
Somewhere, I think
Some other where, not here
In other ages
On another sphere
I danced with you
And you with me, my dear
I danced with you
And you with me, my dear
In perfect motion did our bodies sway
To perfect music that was heard always
Woe is me I’m dull of foot today
My spirit rises to the music’s beat
But ah
The leaden demon in my feet
But ah
The leaden demon in my feet
To move to your motion, love, would be sweet
My spirit rises to the music’s beat
But ah
The leaden demon in my feet

In perfect motion
Did our bodies sway
In perfect motion
Some other where, not here
To perfect music
That was heard always
I danced with you
And you with me, my dear
But ah
The leaden demon in my feet
But ah
The leaden demon in my feet
To move to your motion, love, would be sweet
My spirit rises to the music’s beat
But ah
The leaden demon in my feet
