SHOULD’VE KNOWN BETTER THAN TO FALL FOR A DANCER

Original lyric by Stan C. Countz

INTRO VERSE
He let her wear his sweater at the last school dance
He was glad to have met her; thought he’d take a chance
He had so many questions he was dyin’ to ask her
Had no way to know he'd be headin’ for disaster

CHORUS
There were many questions he wanted her to answer
He wasn’t lookin’ for romance or the cure to cancer
But he should’ve known better than to fall for a dancer
He should’ve known better than to fall for a dancer

VERSE 1
What was the deal with that heel who played pedal steel?
Did he try to cop a feel? Or was it just his sex appeal?
Then there was that fool who cleaned the pool
Thought he was cool ‘til he dropped out of school
Remember that scrounge she met in the lounge?
And that drummer she met that summer who kept comin’ around?
And that tire man who couldn’t seem to fix a flat
Wonder what kept him comin’ back?

CHORUS
There were many questions he wanted her to answer
He wasn’t lookin’ for romance or the cure to cancer
But he should’ve known better than to fall for a dancer
He should’ve known better than to fall for a dancer

VERSE 2
What about that plumber who never fixed the plumbin’
He wore a funky ‘ol hat; had a monkey on his back
And why did she buy all that lumber from that guy
In that cowboy hat? What was the deal with that?
Then there was that son of a gun who was always bummin’
Cigarettes off everyone? He never bought his own pack
And how ‘bout that loser in that PT cruiser who was hummin’
That song about a love gone wrong and a pink Cadillac?

REPEAT CHORUS

VERSE 3
And why’d she always check the number
Before she answered her phone?
Changed the sheets and changed the covers
And who was that dancer she tried to take home?
And that young singer was a real hum dinger
Always chewin’ gum, hummin’ that dumb song
About somebody done somebody wrong
He should’ve seen it comin’ all along

CHORUS

BRIDGE
He knew that she cheated, he knew that she lied
But he never mistreated her, he stayed by her side
Each time he tried to please her, she was never satisfied
He tried to be the leader but she’d cut him down to size

VERSE 4
In this game of life, she was the queen; he was the pawn
But when he found her with the guy who mowed the lawn
He put aside his pride and figured he’d been conned
He took it all in stride, though now he’s long gone
Right before he left her, he wrote her a letter
And he tacked it up on the back porch door
Said he was tired of her lies, couldn’t buy her alibis
He was sad to leave her but he couldn’t believe her anymore

VERSE 5
She was always tryin to paint and fix up the place
Hired the guy with the tape measure and the sander
There’s a cougar on the loose and she’s out for prey
She ain’t the new recruit; she’s the commander
In the good ol days, she had the juice and the face
People these days, they just don't understand her
She drew the deuce but she thought she got the ace
“What’s good for the goose is good for the gander”

OUTRO
He let her wear his sweater at the last school dance
He was glad to have met her; thought he’d take a chance
He had so many questions he was dyin’ to ask her
Had no way to know he'd be headin’ for disaster
Should’ve known better than to fall for a dancer
Should've known better than to fall for a dancer