(Who Am I) To Ask You To Dance?

(Who Am I) To Ask You To Dance?
REBUILDING PERMIT - track 9
Album released April 2020.
More from REBUILDING PERMIT:
1. It's OK
2. If I Write It Down
3. The Handling
4. The Biscuit (Who Grabbed My Face)
5. Diet Of Worms
6. The President Of The United States Is The Breitbart Bimbo
7. Broken
8. A Good Road Is Hard To Find
9. (Who Am I) To Ask You To Dance?
Written for my wife Kerry, my first real dance number is a little waltz for awkward lovers-to-be everywhere. And if "Good Road" is for THE VOICE, this one's for DANCING WITH THE STARS. But the real scene is the moment at the end of prom, maybe even after the end, where a shy nerd pays the band an extra $10 if they'll sing this little song he wrote, so he can go ask the cute but also shy also-nerd he's secretly pined for for like ever for maybe... just... one slow dance? As the blood rushes to the ears of Shy Nerd #1... what do you think happens?
LYRICS
Who am I
to ask you to dance?
Cranky and immature
But this rank amateur
ranks as the most
amorous saboteur
who was ever to chance
to ask you to dance.
"Who am I?"
you ask me, askance.
Only a neophyte
But only an acolyte
would wildly throw
such tacky accolades
and yet still hold his glance
to ask you to dance.
I won't hide my face.
I usually hide behind a bass,
drum, or guitar,
but I've come this far
(so far so good)
so if you would
take the floor
with such an or-
dinary guy
who am I.
Who am I?
To ask you to dance
feels like the biggest risk
like scaling an obelisk
but here on Earth
what's left of two left feet's worth,
but to straighten his pants
and ask you to dance?
No happenstance;
I'll ask you to dance
Hello to romance -
may I have this dance?
written by Dolph Chaney 23 Oct 2017
©2018 Dolph Chaney (BMI). All rights reserved.
Jim LeFager: Drums.
Dolph Chaney: Electric guitars, bass, voice.