ALL I WANNA DO IS DANCE

Alternative version

I been lookin', I've been searchin'
I been like a buzzard perchin' on a fence
I been boogalooing, I been boppin', I been stompin'
I've been learning how to dance
Every Friday night I go to the Ranch
When I'm looking for love, searchin' for a sweet romance
Girl, what have I got to do
Ah just to get to dance a dance with you

I been turnin', I been learnin'
I been burnin' all my midnight lamp
I been escapin', I been achin'
I've been savin' up to buy me an amp
Every Friday night I got to the hop
My feet they move so fast that they just can't stop
Child, what've I gotta do now, tell me
Ah just to get to dance a dance with you

Oh baby you know that I need you
And I know that you need me
I'll learn to play guitar for you
Woman I'll be a star for you

I been lookin', I been searchin'
I'm like a buzzard perchin' on a fence
I been breakin', I been achin'
I've been savin' up just to buy me a big old amp
Every Friday night I go to the Ranch
Then I'm lookin' for love, searchin' for sweet romance
Mama what have I got to do girl
Ah just to get to dance a dance with you

We'll look out Mama, cause I'm takin' over
Oh step back kids, let the music roll you over
I can do anything, anything you wanna do
Well that's alright with me girl
Ah won't you come on through, all you gotta do
Dance, come on babe, come see about me

I been lookin', I been searchin'
I'm like a buzzard perchin' on a fence
Yeah I've been savin', I've been scapin'
Just to buy me a big old amp
Every Friday night I go to the Ranch
Then I'm lookin' for love, searchin' for a sweet romance
Child what have I got to do girl
Ah just to get to dance a dance

Go go mama
Go go mama go
Go go children, go go Mary go
Go go mama, go around, go around, go around
Oh because I just wanna see ya dance

One known performance on 26 or 27 Feb 1972 at The Back Door Club, Richmond Virginia, with the Bruce Springsteen Band. Check also the Feb 1972 version.