Lyric They Don t Dance Like Carmen No More

By: Jimmy Buffett
1973
Walkin down new streets, music is loud
Neon signs bring in tumultuous crowds
But I m just an old man, I d probably get sore
Cause they don t dance like Carmen no more

She and ol Cougie, my what a pair
Jus doin the Rhumba as no one else dared
Slidin and glidin cross Hollywood floors
But they don t dance like Carmen no more

-- Spoken:
"Take it Marvin"

"Shk chk, shk chk, shk chk"

Well now she had a big hat, my it was high
Had bananas and mangos all piled to the sky
How she could balance it, I wouldn t dare
But they don t dance like Carmen nowhere

"Shk chk, shk chk, shk chk"

Ah but the lady s not with us, she died long ago
And they don t show her movies on late midnight shows
Cause the kids would get restless, and the grown-ups would snore
Cause they don t dance like Carmen no more

Well now she and old Cougie, my what a pair
Just doin the Boogie as no one else dared
Slidin and glidin cross hardwood waxed floors
But they don t dance like Carmen no more

No more
No no no more
And I m just an old man, I d probably get sore
But they don t dance like Carmen no more
Nah they don t dance like Carmen no more

Coda:
Ten cents dance, I might take a chance
But they don t dance like Carmen no more