[Verse 1]
In a dance band competition, fox-trotting with my girl
Dance, dance, dance all night, dance your life away
High geared razzle dazzle, recession is the trouble
Dance, dance, dance all night, dance your life away

[Verse 2]
Thirty hours on the floor and twenty partners left
Dance, dance, dance all night, dance your life away
Feel so tired it must be a week, nearly on my knees
Dance, dance, dance all night, dance your life away

[Chorus]
California, you always seem to have the sun
But I never really got near to it
And you turn your hand at anything you know
Just to try and earn a dollar

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
In a dance band competition fox-trotting with my girl
Dance, dance, dance all night, dance your life away
High geared razzle dazzle, recession is the trouble
Dance, dance, dance all night, dance your life away
[Chorus]
California, you always seem to have the sun
But I never really got near to it
And you turn your hand at anything you know
Just to try and earn a dollar