• Shattered Tango


    The stage is set
    The music plays
    The lights are there
    And the people stare
    At the wonder that stands before their eyes

    The people step
    gingerly out
    Tip-toeing out into the crowd
    They take each other by the arms
    And start to dance

    And there I am
    On the line
    Looking at the people and I want to cry,
    Cuz I know I am alone
    At the dance

    But there she is
    Coming right at me
    Is this what its really meant to be?
    Does she want to really dance
    With me?

    So, threes a crowd,
    And four's a chore
    But really all I need is just one more
    Cuz we both know that it takes two to tango

    Oh, threes a crowd,
    And four's a chore
    But really all I need is just one more
    To take up my arms and start to dance

    The music plays
    And the people sway
    The music stops
    And the people say,
    “Hey buddy, don't you like the waltz?”

    But what do you know?
    What did he do?
    Well, I'll tell you cuz
    You are you
    He pressed a button to start the tango

    I don't know what
    came over me
    I was too blind
    to really see
    That she wanted to
    dance

    So I took her by the arm
    And went out to the floor
    And no mighty mountain's roar
    Was to keep me from
    This dance

    So, threes a crowd,
    And four's a chore
    But really all I need is just one more
    Cuz we both know that it takes two to tango

    Oh, threes a crowd,
    And four's a chore
    But really all I need is just one more
    To take up my arms and start to dance

    And we danced
    To the rhyme
    To the rhythm,
    We kept on time
    And we loved our dance

    But I hit the ground
    I broke my heart
    Full of shattered dreams
    And broken pride
    She left my arms and I sat there and
    cried

    She saw him
    Across the room
    She left my arms and through and through
    In my mind I saw her
    Run across the room

    I'm alo—ne

    So, threes a crowd,
    And four's a chore
    But really all I need is just one more
    Cuz we both know that it takes two to tango

    Oh, threes a crowd,
    And four's a chore
    But really all I need is just one more
    To take up my arms and start to dance