A Gentleman's Excuse Me - Fish

Do you still keep paper flowers

In the bottom drawer with your Belgian lace

Taking them out every year

To watch the colours fade away

Do you still believe in fairy tales

In battlements of shining castles

Safe from the dragons

That lie beneath the hill

Are you still a Russian princess

Rescued by a Gypsy dancer

To anyone who’ll listen

Is that a story you still tell

You live a life of fantasy

Your diary romantic fiction

Can’t you see it’s hard for me

Can you see what I’m trying to say

It’s a gentleman’s excuse me

So I’ll take one step to the side

Can you get it inside your head

I’m tired of dancing

For every one step forward

I’m taking two steps back

Can you get it inside your head

I’m tired of dancing

I know you still like old-fashioned waltzes

Your reflection in the mirror that you flirt with

As you glide across the floor

But if I told you the music’s over

Would you want to hear

That your dance card is empty

That there’s no one really there

Do you still believe in Santa Claus

There’s a millionaire looking for your front door

With a key to a life

That you’d never understand

And all I have to offer

Is the love I have it’s freely given

You’ll see its value

When you see what I tried to say

It’s a gentleman’s excuse me

So I’ll do one step to the side

Can you get it inside your head

I’m tired of dancing

For every one step forward

I’m taking two steps back

Can you get it inside your head

That from this one step forward

There’s no turning back

Can you get in inside your head

I’m tired of dancing

We’re finished dancing