Correction Lyrics I Wanna Be a Dancin’ Man (1980 TV Version) by Johnny Mercer

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Announcer, David Carradine, and Charles Rocket

(Ladies and gentlemen, David Carradine!)

(Okay, hi!
Well okay. Wow. Well, I'm pretty excited about tonight too, because I'm gonna have the opportunity to live up a particular fantasy of mine, I'm supposed to say it really fast. When I was young I wanted to do this one thing very badly, of course my father didn't want me to do it. I remember him telling me, "No son of mine is going to make a living of his feet." Well… [kicks] anyway… that didn't work. So…
Well, you know, I got to use my feet a lot in Kung Fu but my urge still was not satisfied…
I'm just reading thе cards, that's all what I'm doin'! Now listen, my dad is up there watching this
This is for you, Dad!)

I wanna bе a dancin' man
While I can
Gonna leave my footsteps on the sands of time
If I never leave a dime

Let other men build mighty nations
And buildings to the sky
I'll leave a few creations
To show that I was dancin' by

I wanna be free as any bird can be
Yessiree
Gonna leave my footsteps on the sands of time
If I never leave a dime
A dancin' man with footsteps on the sands
Of rhythm
And rhyme

(Hey, wait a minute! Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow! Wait, wow, wow, David! David! What is this? The Ed Sullivan show over here for cryin' out loud? This is a comedy show, Saturday Night Live! What are you doing dancing like this? This isn't funny.)
(Hey, you were supposed to be my friend.)
(I am your friend, David, but really, I just gonna say what's at stake, I want - I'm a friend, and I have to tell - [gets kicked] - Ow!)

(Okay! One, two, three!)

A dancin' man with footsteps
On the sands
Of rhythm!
And!

(We'll be back in a minute!)
[applause]

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