Dance, ballerina, danceAnd do your pirouetteIn rhythm with your aching heartDance, ballerina, danceYou must at once forgetA dancer has to dance the partWorld, ballerina, worldAnd just ignore the chairThat's in the second rowThis is your moment, girlAlthough he's not out thereApplauding as you steal the showOnce you've saidHis love must waitIt's time to sayYou wanted fame insteadI guess that's your concernWe live and learnAnd love is gone, ballerina, goneGo on with your careerYou can't afford a backward glanceDance on and on and onA thousand people hereHave come to see the showAs round and round we goSo ballerina, danceDance, danceDanceguitar sologuitar soloOnce you saidHis love must wait its turnYou wanted fame insteadI guess that's your concernWe live and learnAnd love is goneRivalry to go onSo what will your careerYou can't afford a backward planDance on and on and onA thousand people hereHave come to see the showAs round and round you goSo dance on and on and onIt's ballerina danceDance, dance, dance, dance