I Can't Dance
"I Can't Dance" is the fourth track from the Genesis album We Can't Dance and was the second single from the album. The lyrics were written by drummer Phil Collins and the music was written by the whole band. The song peaked at number seven on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart and received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals in 1993. The song also reached number one in Belgium and the Netherlands while peaking within the top five in Austria, Canada, Germany, and Portugal.
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| B-side | "On the Shoreline"
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| Released | 30 December 1991
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| Recorded | The Farm, Surrey; March 1991 – September 1991
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| Length | 4:01
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Lyrics
burning my feet just walking around.
Hot sun making me sweat
`Gators getting close, hasn`t got me yet
I can`t dance, I can`t talk.
Only thing about me is the way I walk.
I can`t dance, I can`t sing
I`m just standing here selling everything.
Blue Jean`s sitting on the beach,
her dog`s talking to me, but she`s out of reach.
She`s got a body under that shirt,
but all she wants to do is rub my face in the dirt.
Cause, I can`t dance, I can`t talk.
Only thing about me is the way I walk.
I can`t dance, I can`t sing
I`m just standing here selling.
Oh and checking everything is in place,
you never know who`s looking on.
Young punk spilling beer on my shoes,
fat guy`s talking to me trying to steal my blues.
Thick smoke, see her smiling through.
I never thought so much could happen just shooting pool.
But I can`t dance, I can`t talk.
The only thing about me is the way that I walk.
I can`t dance, I can`t sing
I`m just standing here selling...
Oh and checking everything is in place
You never know who`s looking on
A perfect body
with a perfect face - uh-huh.
No, I can`t dance, I can`t talk.
The only thing about me is the way I walk.
No, I can`t dance, I can`t sing
I`m just standing here selling everything.
But I can walk.
No I can`t dance.
No no no I can`t dance. (begins to fade out)
No I said I can`t sing.
But I can walk.
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