Story Behind The Song

I was home alone one day and a good song came on the radio and I was dancing in the kitchen alone and my birthday was coming up and I wanted to go dancing and I was telling my husband that it had been so long since we had gone dancing. Then I wrote this song to let him know how I was feeling. After I sang it to him he said "is that a hint?"

Song Description

Wife saying that it has been a long time since they went dancing. She reminds him of their first dance and how he had asked her to dance. Now they have become the mom and the dad and they have forgotten how to be lovers. She makes a plea with him to step back into the past when they couldn't bare to be apart and go dancing.

Lyrics

The Waltz

Chorus
Well, It’s been so long since we’ve done the waltz
Could you swing and twirl me once more.
Let’s go left right, left, right, as the music plays on
Swayin’ in and out across the floor.


Do you remember the time when our eyes first met,
you walked up and asked me to dance.
But I was so shy I barely took your hand
as you lead me out onto the floor.


Chorus
Well, It’s been so long since we’ve done the waltz
Could you swing and twirl me once more.
Let’s go left right, left, right, as the music plays on
Swayin’ in and out across the floor.


Has it been that long since we were wed,
Have we forgotten how lovers should be,
Cause I’m now the mom and you are the dad
I long for the young love we had.
If we could slip back, to the past when we couldn’t bear to be apart
You’d call me up and softly say, “I’ll see you tonight at the dance.


Chorus
Well, It’s been so long since we’ve done the waltz
Could you swing and twirl me once more.
Let’s go left right, left, right, as the music plays on
Swayin’ in and out across the floor.
Let’s go left right, left, right, as the music plays on
Swayin’ in and out across the floor.