Dance Little Jean - Remastered 2001

I played a wedding for the money,

And I wished that I could tell the bride and groom

Just what I thought of marriage

And what's in store after their honeymoon.

And I was grumblin' to the dancers

'Bout how men and women ought to live apart

And how a promise never made can not be broken

And can never break your heart

When suddenly from out of nowhere,

A little girl came dancing 'cross the floor,

And all her crinolines were billowing

Beneath the skirt of calico that she wore.

Oh what a joy fell on the honored guests

As each of them was drawn inside her dream,

And they laughed and clapped and stomped their feet

And hollered at her "dance little jean"

Dance, little jean, this day is for you,

Two people you love, stood up and said "I do"

Dance little jean, the prayer that you had

Was answered today

Your mama's marrying your dad

Well, my cynical heart just melted

'Cause I knew what this get together meant

How it ended year of tears and sad confusion

That the little girl had spent.

Well they told the band to pack it up

About the time the couple cut the cake,

But we played as long as they stayed

For love and laughs and little jeanie's sake.

Dance, little jean, this day is for you,

Two people you love, stood up and said "I do"

Dance little jean, the prayer that you had

Was answered today

Your mama's marrying your dad