[Verse:]
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My youth was spent in the Orient
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Where they never taught me to waltz
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You'd be surprised when I exercised
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It was never done to a waltz
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It was done like this
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But never to a waltz
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[1st refrain:]
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In ancient Siam, women like I am
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Indoors or on the street
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No woman dances with her feet
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Egyptian, Persian, only one version
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No other stands a chance
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Feet are for walking, not for dance
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To an oriental fiddle,
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You can see them shake their middle
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The feet don't mean a thing
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Middles are all they swing
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Even an Egyptian mummy
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Wiggles her tummy
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Wiggles it so and so
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That is the only dance I know
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[2nd refrain:]
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You don't need an Arthur Murray
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Just a fringe that's on the surrey
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Will satisfy your needs
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Dancing between the beads
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Everybody shake your torso
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Sexy but more so
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Shake it, come on, let's go
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Let's do the only dance I know
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The Only Dance I Know (Song For Belly Dancer)
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| Irving Berlin |
