[Verse 1] Well I was dancing at a night club one Friday night And that night club bar was a little uptight Yeah, I was dancing all alone a little self conscious When some kids came up and said "For dancing come with us." And soon...
[Hook] I was dancing in a lesbian bar, ah-oo, ah-oo I was dancing in a lesbian bar, ooh, ooh, ooh
[Verse 2] Well I was dancing in the lesbian bar In the industrial zone I was dancing with my friends And dancing alone
[Pre-Chorus 1] Well the first bar things were alright But in this bar, things were Friday night! In the first bar things were just alright In this bar things were Friday night
[Verse 3] Well I was dancing in the lesbian bar Way downtown I was there to check the scene And hang around
[Pre-Chorus 2] Well the first bar things were stop and stare But in this bar things were laissez faire! In the first bar things were stop and stare This bar things were laissez-faire
[Hook]
[Pre-Chorus 3] In the first bar folks were drinking sips But in this bar they could shake their hips! In the first bar they were drinking sips In this bar they could shake their hips
[Hook + Guitar Break]
[Pre-Chorus 4] Well in the first bar, things were okay But in this bar things were more my way! In the first bar things were just okay In this bar things were done my way
This song is about the singer dancing in a lesbian bar. He enjoys the liberating feeling of dancing free in the lesbian bar as opposed to the controlled, self-conscious dancing in the bar he had been dancing before.
Richman also chose to perform this song in his North American TV debut, on Latenight with Conan O'Brien, introducing it with
I’m gonna tell you a song that is a true story. It happened to me in a bar when I was playing there about a year and a half ago and this is what happened.
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