they don't dance like carmen no more

walkin' down new streets the music is loud

neon signs bring in tumultuous crowds

but i'm just an old man

i'd probably get sore

'cause they don't dance like carmen no more. she and old cougie

my what a pair

doin' the rhumba as no one else dared

slidin' and glidin' 'cross hollywood floors

but they don't dance like carmen no more. she had a big hat

my it was high

had bananas and mangos all piled to the sky

and how she could balance them

i wouldn't dare

'cause they don't dance like carmen nowhere

but the lady's not with us

she died long ago

and they don't run her movies on late midnight shows

'cause the kids would get restless

and the grown-ups would snore

'cause they don't dance like carmen no more.