It Wasn't My Idea To Dance Lyrics - Electric Light Orchestra

The people throwing pennies in my soup 

Expecting me to be ashamed of you 

Now my needs are growing and I'm groping round 

I am really groping round 

We didn't break until the morning 

One dramatic glance 

Now it's too late to want your freedom 

It wasn't my idea to dance 

The prince of thunder gave his warning speech 

His talons dared to grasp you from my reach 

Once again you clutch me to your warming breast 

Now I lay me down to rest 

We didn't break until the morning 

One dramatic glance 

Now it's too late to want your freedom 

It wasn't my idea to dance 

As dawn is nearing 

I'm hearing tearful music 

So I have given you the will to weep 

For now you're at your last and final peak 

Dangerously the past it explodes about by ears 

Loudly ringing through my ears 

We didn't break until the morning 

One dramatic glance 

Now it's too late to want your freedom 

It wasn't my idea to dance 

It wasn't my idea to dance