LOVE WAS ONCE AROUND THE DANCE FLOOR
(Linda Hargrove)


Linda Hargrove - 1975





Well I was just eighteen and he looked like Steve McQueen
And I was pretty green and ripe for love
Well he took me out to bars, we went parkin' in his car
And every night he showed me what love was

And love was once around the dance floor, have another drink or two
Just before we left the local bar
And love was once around the back seat of his souped-up Chevrolet
Once around a dream and gone away

Well, he was quite a lover and I didn't have another
For a while, when he took away his love
'Cause it's so hard to get used to doin' without what you're used to
And when he's gone you know just what love was

And love was once around the dance floor, have another drink or two
Just before we left the local bar
And love was once around the back seat of his souped-up Chevrolet
Once around a dream and gone away

Looking back now, I don't wonder if the lightnin' and the thunder
I felt had anything to do with love
'Cause there comes a time for learnin' when you learn while you are burnin'
And find that wasn't really what love was

And love was once around the dance floor, have another drink or two
Just before we left the local bar
And love was once around the back seat of his souped-up Chevrolet
Once around a dream and gone away

Love was once around the back seat of his souped-up Chevrolet
Once around a dream and gone away






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2011)