Change Partners
Sammy Davis Jr Lyrics

Must you dance every dance
Do you feel obligated to dance every dance with the same man?

With the same fortunate man?
Are you sticking to one man who is favored?

You have danced with him since the music began,
You have been dancing with him since the music started playing?

Won't you change partners and dance with me?
Wouldn't you want to dance with a different partner, i.e., me?

Must you dance quite so close,
Do you have to dance in such an intimate way?

With your lips touching his face?
Are you getting too close to his face with your lips?

Can't you see I'm longing to be in his place?
Do you not see how I desire to switch places with him?

Ask him to sit this one out,
Would you mind asking him to skip this dance?

And while you're alone,
In the meantime when you are by yourself,

I'll tell the waiter to tell him
Let me inform the waiter to inform him

He's wanted on the telephone,
He is being called on the phone

You've been locked in his arms
You've been embraced in his arms

Ever since heaven-knows-when,
For a long time, nobody knows exactly when

Won't you change partners and then,
Why don't you try switching partners once,

You may never want to change partners again.
Maybe you will not want to change partners ever again

Ask him to sit this one out,
Can you ask him to forego this one dance?

And while you're alone,
And when you are solitary,

I'll tell the waiter to tell him
I will ask the waiter to get the message to him

He's wanted on the telephone,
Someone wants to talk to him on the phone

You've been locked in his arms
You've been tightly embraced by him

Ever since heaven-knows-when,
For quite a while, nobody knows when it started

Won't you change partners and then,
Why don't you try another partner once,

You may never have to change partners again.
Perhaps you will never have to change partners again.