Ten Cents a Dance letra

I work at the Palace Ballroom
But, gee, that palace is cheap
When I get back to my chilly hall room
I'm much too tired to sleep
I'm one of those lady teachers
A beautiful hostess, you know
The kind the Palace features
At exactly a dime a throw

Ten cents a dance
That's what they pay me
Gosh, how they weigh me down
Ten cents a dance
Pansies and rough guys
Tough guys who tear my gown
Seven to midnight I hear drums
Loudly the saxophone blows
Trumpets are breaking my eardrums
Customers crush my toes
Sometimes I think I've found my hero
But it's a queer romance
All that you need is a ticket
Come on, big boy
Ten cents a dance

Fighters and sailors and bowlegged tailors
Can pay for a ticket and rent me
Butchers and barbers and rats from the harbors
Are sweethearts my good luck has sent me
Though I've a chorus of elderly beaus
Stockings are porous with holes in the toes
I'm there till closing time
Dance and be merry, it's only a dime

Ten cents a dance
That's what they pay me
Gosh, how they weigh me down
Ten cents a dance
Pansies and rough guys
Tough guys who tear my gown
Seven to midnight I hear drums
Loudly the saxophone blows
Trumpets are breaking my eardrums
Customers crush my toes
Sometimes I think I've found my hero
But it's a queer romance
All that you need is a ticket
Come on, big boy
Ten cents a dance

Ruth Etting - Letras

• 'Deed I Do
• (There Ought To Be A) Moonlight Saving Me
• After You've Gone
• Ain't Misbehavin'
• All Of Me
• Back In Your Own Back Yard
• Body and Soul
• But I Do, You Know I Do!
• Button Up Your Overcoat
• Can't We Talk It Over?
• Could I? I Certainly Could!
• Cuban Love Song
• Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
• Dont Tell Him What Happened to Me
• Everything I Have Is Yours
• Exactly Like You
• Funny, Dear, What Love Can Do
• Get Out And Get Under The Moon
• Glad Rag Doll
• Goodnight Sweetheart
• Guilty
• Happy Days And Lonely Nights
• Hold Me
• I Wished On The Moon
• I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)
• I'll Never Be The Same
• If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
• In The Chapel In The Moonlight
• It All Depends On You
• It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
• It's Easy To Remember
• It's Swell Of You
• Life Is A Song
• Love Me Or Leave Me
• Mean To Me
• More Than You Know
• My Man
• Nevertheless
• Ramona
• Shine On a Harvest Moon
• Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
• Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven
• Stay As Sweet As You Are
• Ten Cents a Dance
• That's What I Call Sweet Music
• The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On)
• There Ain't No Maybe In My Baby's Eyes
• There'll Be Some Changes Made
• There's A Lull In My Life
• Try A Little Tenderness
• What A Life (Trying To Live Without You)
• When We're Alone (Penthouse Serenade)
• You're The Cream In My Coffee
• Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart