(Thelma Blackmon)

Well, we used to waltz that go out dancin'
Now you look like a cat a prancin'
I just stand with you at the floor while you swing out I holler for more
I wanna waltz but I can't waltz without you I'd be so blue.

Well, you gotta bop and you ain't happy
Till they play you somethin' snappy
All you wanna do is go cat go all I wanna do is slow down slow
I wanna waltz but I can't waltz without you I'd be so blue.

--- Instrumental ---

I jig on the stand while the bop keeps a goin'
With the music stuff you're poppin' and a blowin'
Looks like somethin' spite in you but you cut loose and be bop a loo
I wanna waltz but I can't waltz without you I'd be so blue.

Well, you gotta bop and you ain't happy
Till they play you somethin' snappy
All you wanna do is go cat go all I wanna do is slow down slow
I wanna waltz but I can't waltz without you I'd be so blue...