THE CONTINENTAL (The Gay Divorcee (1934)) (The Gay Divorcee|1934)

THE CONTINENTAL (The Gay Divorcee|1934) - Ginger Rogers/Fred Astaire/Con Conrad

Beautiful music

Dangerous rhythm

It's something daring the continental

A way of dancing that's really ultra-new

It's very subtle the continental

Because it does what you want it to do

It has a passion the continental

An invitation to moonlight and romance

It's quite the fashion the continental

Because you tell of your love while you dance

Your lips whisper so tenderly

Her eyes answer your song

Two bodies swaying the continental

And you are saying just what you're thinking of

So keep on dancing the continental

For it's a song of romance and of love

You kiss while you're dancing

The continental continental

You sing while you're dancing

Your voice is gentle and sentimental

You stroll together arm in arm

You nonchalantly glide along with grace and charm

You'll find while you're dancing

Here's a rhythm in your heart and soul

A certain rhythm that you can't control

And you will do the continental all the time

Beautiful music

Dangerous rhythm

It's something daring the continental

A way of dancing that's really ultra-new

It's very subtle the continental

Because it does what you want it to do

It has a passion the continental

An invitation to moonlight and romance

It's quite the fashion the continental

Because you tell of your love while you dance

Your lips whisper so tenderly

Her eyes answer your song

Two bodies swaying the continental

And you are saying just what you're thinking of

So keep on dancing the continental

For it's a song of romance and of love

You kiss while you're dancing

The continental continental

You sing while you're dancing

Your voice is gentle so sentimental

You know before this dance is through

That you're in love with she and she's in love with you

You'll find while you're dancing

Here's a rhythm in your heart and soul

A certain rhythm that you can't control

And you will do the continental all the time

Dukes and lords of noble station

Love the new sophistication of the continental

In a Belgian hall room

In a Monte Carlo ballroom you will see the continental

In the Paris bistros crowded with Apache

You will see the continental in the best french fashion

Spain and Italy Transylvania

Norway Sweden and Rumania do the continental

On the dike of zuider zee

The wooden shoes have found the key to continental

It's like a fever

It's like a plague

It's swept all Europe

From Moscow to the Hague

You kiss while you're dancing

The continental the rhythm is driving you wild

The continental a meter that isn't so mild

You sing while you're dancing

His voice is gentle

It thrills you the touch of his hand

The continental a meter that you understand

You'll know before this dance is through

That you're in love with her and she's in love with you

You'll find while you're dancing

That there's a rhythm in your heart and soul

A certain rhythm that you can't control

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