Dime A Dance - Vicki Lawrence

I came to the city cause the folks back home

Thought I was pretty enough to make it

They bought me a ticket on a star-bound greyhound

I was on my way

But I landed in a dance hall

Part time money was all I could make

Saying hey mister, take a chance

It only costs you a dime a dance

And if you’re looking for romance

I’ll be nice to you

Hey mister, it’s so cold

When you don’t have someone to hold

I’ll do anything I’m told to do

Baby, I want you

At the time he was living with his wife and kids

She wasn’t giving him the love he needed

He poured out his troubles at the Sleepwell Motel

As I poured the wine

He said that he was gonna marry me

If she’d only let him go

So a worn-out promise

And a party gown keeps me in this town

Saying hey mister, take a chance

It only costs you a dime a dance

And if you’re looking for romance

I’ll be nice to you

Hey mister, it’s so cold

When you don’t have someone to hold

I’ll do anything I’m told to do

Baby, I want you