Ten Cents A Dance Lyrics - Ella Fitzgerald

I work at the Palace ballroom, but gee that palace is cheap 

When I get back to my chillly hallroom, I'm much too tired to sleep 

I'm one of those lady teachers, a beautiful hostess you know; 

One that the palace features, at exactly a dime a throw. 

Ten cents a dance, that's what they pay me 

Gosh how they weigh me down. 

Ten cents a dance, pansies and rough guys, tough guys who tear my gown. 

Seven to midnight I hear drums, loudly the saxophone blows, 

Trumpets are tearing my ear-drums, customers crush my toes. 

Sometimes I think, I've found my hero 

But it's a queer romance; 

All that you need is a ticket, 

Come on big boy, ten cents a dance. 

Fighters and sailers and bow-legged tailors 

can pay for their tickets & rent me 

Butchers and barbers and rats from the harbour 

are sweethearts my good luck has sent me 

Thought I've a chorus of elderly bows 

stockings are porous with holes at the toes 

I'm here till closing time 

Dance and be merry it's only a dime 

Sometimes I think, I've found my hero 

But it's a queer romance; 

All that you need is a ticket. 

Come on, come on big boy, ten cents a dance. 

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