an old hand at giving parties and I've learned an awful lot the best reason for a party and what keeps it boiling hot an occasion when you've got something to dance about someone to dance it with something to dance it to to a foxtrot or a waltz put on your dancing shoes here comes the happy news break up in twos and twos to a foxtrot or a waltz you and someone have parted and your lonely heart yearns while you're there brokenhearted suddenly he that's something to dance about with someone to dance it with pick something to dance it to to a foxtrot or a waltz to a Charleston or a waltz to a tango or a waltz I can't see you You and someone have parted, and your lonely heart yearns While you're there broken hearted, suddenly he returns That's something to dance about, with someone to dance it with Pick something to dance it to Box, trot, Charleston, tango, or a waltz