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 eardrums. Customers crush my toes. Sometime 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 sailors and bowlegged tailors can pay for their ticket and rent me! Butchers and barbers and rats from the harbors are sweethearts my good luck has send me. Seven to midnight I hear drums. Loudly the saxophone blows. Trumpets are tearing my eardrums. Customers crush my toes. Sometime 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.