Lyrics to
They Don’t Dance Like Carmen No More

Released by Jimmy Buffett in 1973
From the Album: A White Sport Coat And A Pink Crustacean |

This version of They Don’T Dance Like Carmen No More was released by Jimmy Buffett in 1973.

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Walkin’ down new streets the music is loud
Neon signs bring in tumultuous crowds
But I’m just an old man, I’d probably get sore
‘Cause they don’t dance like Carmen no more.

She and old Cougie, my what a pair
Doin’ the Rhumba as no one else dared
Slidin’ and glidin’ ‘cross Hollywood floors
But they don’t dance like Carmen no more.

She had a big hat, my it was high
Had bananas and mangos all piled to the sky
And how she could balance them, I wouldn’t dare
‘Cause they don’t dance like Carmen nowhere

But the lady’s not with us, she died long ago
And they don’t run her movies on late midnight shows
‘Cause the kids would get restless, and the grown-ups would snore
‘Cause they don’t dance like Carmen no more.


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Jimmy Buffett has released many songs over the years besides They Don’T Dance Like Carmen No More. Jimmy Buffett released songs from 1970 to 2004 spanning across albums like Down To Earth, High Cumberland Jubilee, A White Sport Coat And A Pink Crustacean, A1A, Living And Dying In 3/4 Time, Havana Daydreamin', Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes, Son Of A Son Of A Sailor, Volcano, Coconut Telegraph, Somewhere Over China, One Particular Harbour, Riddles In The Sand, Last Mango In Paris, Floridays, Hot Water, Off To See The Lizard, Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads, Fruitcakes, Barometer Soup, Christmas Island, Banana Wind, Beach House On The Moon, Far Side Of The World, and License To Chill. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Jimmy Buffett.

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You can understand the lyrics to They Don’T Dance Like Carmen No More if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to They Don’T Dance Like Carmen No More" means the words set to the music of They Don’T Dance Like Carmen No More, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jimmy Buffett. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to They Don’T Dance Like Carmen No More and the lyrics to They Don’T Dance Like Carmen No More are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jimmy Buffett who came here looking just for the lyrics to They Don’T Dance Like Carmen No More, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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