Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Dance Little Jean (1983) lyrics

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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Dance Little Jean (1983)
Played a wedding for the money and I wish I could've told the bride and groom
Just what I think of marriage what's in store after the honeymoon
I was rumbling through the verses bout how men and women ought to live apart
How the promise never made cannot be broken and can never break a heart

Suddenly from out of nowhere this little girl came dancing across the floor
Her crinolines were billowing beneath the skirt of calico she wore
As her joy fell on the honored guests each one of them was drawn into her dream
And they laughed and stamped and clapped their hands and hollered at her "dance little Jean!"

And they said dance little Jean this day is for you
Two people that you love stood up to say I do
Dance little Jean a prayer that you had
Was answered today your mom is marrying your dad


Well the cynics heart just melted as I figure what this gift together meant
And how it ended years of tears and sad confusion that the little girl had spent
They told the band to pack it up about the time the couple cut the cake
But we stayed and we played all night long for love and laughs and little Jeannie sake

We played dance little Jean this day is for you
Two people that you love stood up to say I do
And they said dance little Jean this day is for you
Two people that you love stood up to say I do

Dance little Jean a prayer that you had
Was answered today your mom is marrying your dad