《The Night The Pugilist Learned How To Dance》歌词

歌曲： The Night The Pugilist Learned How To Dance

所属专辑：The Last Ship - Original Broadway Cast Recording

歌手： Michael Esper&Collin Kell

时长： 04:06

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The Night The Pugilist Learned How To Dance - Michael Esper Collin Kelly-Sordelet[00:00:00]

(音乐剧《末日之舰》歌曲)[00:00:02]

In the streets around here[00:00:09]

There was nobody tougher than me[00:00:12]

I was quick with me fists and fast with me[00:00:17]

Footwork as you can plainly see[00:00:21]

But while fighting was useful for getting your way[00:00:26]

Among the toughs of the town where you could hold sway[00:00:30]

There had to be something that was better than this[00:00:35]

I was fifteen years old and I'd never been kissed[00:00:39]

Well of course she'd ignore me her friends would all sneer[00:00:46]

At me bloody nose dripping and me cauliflower ear[00:00:51]

For it's hard to convince in a romantic pose[00:00:55]

With a lovely black eye and a broken nose[00:01:00]

Where a girl is attracted to skills more refined[00:01:04]

Than the pugilist's art and so I inclined[00:01:08]

To take myself serious as a modern romancer[00:01:13]

And I secretly learnt all the moves of a dancer[00:01:17]

So ye swing to the left ye swing to the right[00:01:24]

Keep your eyes on your partner like wood than fight[00:01:30]

Ye just keep to the rhythm and follow the beat[00:01:34]

The important thing's never to look at your feet[00:01:38]

Then a miracle happens your mind's in a trance[00:01:43]

Though the strategy's subtle retreat and advance[00:01:47]

It's all about attitude all in your stance[00:01:52]

Attention to detail leaving nothing to chance[00:01:56]

Which explains how the pugilist finally learned how to dance[00:02:00]

Well I'd waltz with a broomstick and if I was caught[00:02:08]

I'd pretend I was sweeping or practicing sport[00:02:12]

But I really had eyes for your mother ye see[00:02:17]

Wanting her to acknowledge this new version of me[00:02:21]

But now everyone's watching expecting I'll fail[00:02:26]

But there's fire in me belly there's wind in me sails[00:02:30]

I knew it was risky and I was taking a chance[00:02:34]

But I couldn't retreat now I had to advance[00:02:38]

So I swing to the left I swing to the right[00:02:47]

Keep your eyes on your partner like I would in a fight[00:02:53]

I just keep to the rhythm and follow the beat[00:02:57]

The important thing's never to look at your feet[00:03:01]

But a miracle's happened and your mind's in a trance[00:03:06]

They're all laughing and cheering and looking askance[00:03:10]

On the night that the pugilist finally learned how to dance[00:03:14]

In about where the strategist's bridges were burned[00:03:23]

Where it seemed that his fortune had suddenly turned[00:03:27]

'Twas the night that this scrapper was suddenly dapper[00:03:31]

And this poor fellow's heart was still going like the clappers[00:03:36]

The night that the pugilist finally learned how to dance[00:03:40]