Can’t control my dancing

05 Jan 2017

Do you freeze with fear when you hit the dance floor? Are you afraid of trying out a dance move or two at parties? Unfortunately, Clare Atkin from the Bega Probus Club suffers from the same problem.

I’ve got the ‘can’t control my dancing’ kinda blues

My head won’t send its message down into my shoes

and when I try to gyrate, I end up in an awful state

I’ve got the ‘can’t control my dancing’ kinda blues.

I’ve got the ‘can’t control my dancing’ kinda freeze

My feet have sent their troubles up into my knees

While other couples rock and roll

My body stands there, like a pole

I’ve got the ‘can’t control my dancing’ kinda blues.

What a sight I must look on the floor

What a shame I can’t dance anymore

When I try to compete with the rest

I end up in a pretty awful sort of mess.

I’m in a ‘can’t control my body’ kinda state

My brain and body simply won’t co-operate

So please take pity on my plight

Don’t ask to dance with me tonight

I’ve got the ‘can’t control my dancing’ kinda blues.

Clare is now in the running to win the annual Paul Henningham Award for Literary Excellence.

Want to enter?

EMAIL: [email protected].

POST: Smile, Active Retirees, 369a Darling Street, Balmain, NSW, 2041.