THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY
(Charles Aznavour / Georges Garvarentz / Joel Hirschhorn / Al Kasha)

Charles Aznavour (France)
Fred Astaire - 1975

Also recorded by:
Shirley Bassey; George Burns; Max Bygraves; 
Dutch Swing College Band; Maurice Larcange; 
Mantovani; Helen Reddy; Tommy Tune; Velvet Sound Orch.


Dance in the old-fashioned way.
Won't you stay in my arms ?
Just melt against my skin and let me feel your heart.
Don't let the music win by dancing far apart.
Come close where you belong, let's hear our secret song.

Dance in the old-fashioned way.
Won't you stay in my arms
and we'll discover heights we never knew before,
if we just close our eyes and dance around the floor.
That gay, old-fashioned way that makes me love you more.

Come closer, forget about the others.
It's nice to be like this, cheek to cheek,
in the old-fashioned way. 
It's funny, but, I have the feeling that we are dancing as our parents used to do.
Well, maybe they weren't wrong :
the world changes, love stays.

Dance in the old-fashioned way.
Won't you stay in my arms
and we'll discover heights we never knew before,
if we just close our eyes and dance around the floor.
That gay, old-fashioned way that makes me love you more.