The Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park has inspired countless joyous memories over the last 71 years.
I went to the dance at Glen Echo
High time to try something new
Learned a contradance and a schottisch
Dancing at Glen Echo
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And, what the hell, a square dance or two
At first it seemed kinda corny
Not enough rhythm and blues
Then came time for the last dance
I was waltzing with you
I was no Arthur Murray
No doubt I tread on a toe or two
But your flirting as we sashayed
Warmed this clumsy heart right thru
Now when my dark side sucks me bone dry
And I lose all hope in what's true
Nothing can refill my well
Like waltzing with you
When we both give weight
We soar so wild and free
When we both give weight
It's how all life was meant to be
I've whirled like a dervish in Persia
Tangoed 'til dawn in Lima, Peru
Danced on table tops like Zorba
Learned a Fred and Ginger soft shoe
Pranced with belly dancers from Cairo
In a conga line to Timbuktu
Nothing ever topped the thrill
Of waltzing with you