Happy Dancing – recorded live in a huge, mostly empty tent next to a lake near Saratoga, NY. I met Tony Markellis that night, one of my favorite bass players.
with:
Pat Perkinson – bass
Todd Hanhurst – drums
Keith Pray – alto sax
Kristina Johnson – tenor Sax
Happy Dancing by Sam Whedon
Lost most the furniture
The walls I painted blue
Don’t need nothin’ hanging ‘round
That makes me think of you
I got my room. I got my chair.
The light bulb is broken, but I don’t even care.
There’s a moon in my window
And I’m happy dancing all alone
Happy dancing…
On the phone you said your love for me
Was bigger than the sea.
Now I think that much water
Needs a better guarantee
There’s a puddle in the hallway at the bottom of the stairs
Right now I’m dancing through it
Got my arms up in the air
There’s a moon in my window
And I’m happy dancing all the time.
I’m so happy
Can’t stop moving
All this practice
I gotta be improving
If I had only known
Before our love would grow
You’d teach me how to dance alone
Soon you’ll be coming back
Just like I said you would
‘Cause you left behind your dancing shoes
And they still work pretty good
I’ll be gliding by the window
I’ll be spinning round the chair
I won’t be stepping gingerly
I ain’t no Fred Astaire
There’s a moon in my window
And I’m happy dancing all the time
Happy dancing by my side
Happy dancing all the time