The first time it happened was in the super mart
Dad was picking out eggs, I was sitting in the cart
“Ain’t Nothing But a Hound Dog” came on the radio
He dropped those eggs and away he goes
When Daddy starts to dance, he’s doing the swim
Everybody started looking at him
When Daddy starts to dance, he’s doing the jerk
I want to hide my face right under my shirt
When Daddy starts to dance
Ever since then, again and again
At the zoo, at school in front of my friends
He does the mash potato or the monkey, too
He hitch hikes with me, he sprinklers with you
When Daddy starts to dance, he’s doing the swim
Everybody started looking at him
When Daddy starts to dance, he’s doing the splits
He’s over 40 so I hope that he quits
When Daddy starts to dance
I was looking through a window at a pudgy silhouette
It was my dad in a pirouette
He went to third position and then a plie’
He was an Elvis imitator doing ballet
When Daddy starts to dance,
He’s doing Swan Lake
I said, “Dad, those tights are a big mistake”
When Daddy starts to dance,
He’s up on his toes
We can’t stop laughing ’cause his bellybutton shows
When Daddy starts to dance
Late last night we were walking through the park
A rock ‘n roll band was playing after dark
I knew what was coming, I wondered what to do
But when Daddy started dancing, I did, too
When Daddy starts to dance, he’s doing the twist,
I just find I can’t resist
When Daddy starts to dance, it’s the shing-a-ling
I start dancing sometimes I even sing
When Daddy starts to dance
© Stuart Stotts and Tom Pease