Leonard Cohen – Do I Have To Dance All Night lyrics

I'm forty-one. The moon is full.
You make love very well.
You touch me like I touch myself.
I like you, mademoiselle.

You're so fresh and you're so new.
I do enjoy you, miss.
There's nothing I would rather do
Than move around just like this.

But do I have to dance all night?
Do I have to dance all night?
Oh tell me - bird of paradise,
Do I have to dance all night?

You never have to tell me what
It is you really think of me, alright.
Let's say I'm doing fine,
But do I have to dance all the night?

But do I have to dance all night?
But do I have to dance all night?
Ooh tell me Bird of Paradise,
Do I have to dance all night?

I learned this step awhile ago.
I had to practice it while everybody slept.
I waited half my life for you, you know.
I didn't even think that you'd accept.
And here you are before me in the flesh,
saying "yes, Yes, - YES!"

But do I have to dance all night?
Do I have to dance all night?
Come on, tell me, - Bird of Paradise,
Do I have to dance all night?

I learned this step awhile ago.
I had to practice it while everybody slept.
I waited half my life for you, you to know,
I never really thought that you'd accept.
And here you are before me in the flesh,
saying "yes, Yes, -- YEAH..!"
- Come on now...

But do I have to dance all night?
Do I have to dance all night?
Oh tell me Bird of Paradise,
Do I have to dance all night?