[00:07.53] In the streets around here [00:09.97] There was nobody tougher than me [00:15.45] I was quick with me fists and fast with me footwork as you can plainly see [00:23.79] But while fighting was useful for getting your way among the toughs of the town [00:30.03] Where you could hold sway [00:31.66] There had to be something that was better than this [00:35.87] I was 15 years old and I'd never been kissed [00:40.95] Well of course she'd ignore me, her friends would all sneer [00:44.86] At me bloody nose dripping and me cauliflower ear [00:48.40] For it's hard to convince in a romantic pose, with a lovely black eye and a broken nose [00:56.77] Where a girl is attracted to skills more refined than the pugilist's art, and so I inclined [01:04.63] To take meself serious as a modern romancer [01:09.30] And I secretly learnt all the moves of a dancer [01:14.27] Ye swing to the left, ye swing to the right [01:17.85] Keep your eyes on your partner, more or less like a fight [01:21.52] Ye just follow the rhythm, and ye keep to the beat [01:25.50] The important thing's never to look at your feet [01:29.65] Then a miracle happens, your mind's in a trance [01:33.91] Though the strategy's subtle, retreat and advance [01:37.77] It's all about attitude, all in your stance [01:42.01] Attention to detail, leaving nothing to chance [01:45.46] Which explains how the pugilist finally learned how to dance [01:54.18] Well, I'd waltz with a broomstick and if I was caught [01:57.59] I'd pretend I was sweeping or practising sport [02:01.67] But I really had eyes for your mother, ye see [02:05.40] Wanting her to acknowledge this new version of me [02:09.94] But now everyone's watching, expecting I'll fail [02:14.01] But there's fire in me belly, there's wind in me sails [02:18.21] I knew it was risky and I was taking a chance [02:22.18] I couldn't retreat now, I had to advance [02:26.60] So I swing to the left, I swing to the right [02:30.45] Keep me eyes on me partner, like I would in a fight [02:34.45] I just keep to the rhythm and follow the beat [02:38.35] The important thing's never to look at your feet [02:42.36] But a miracle's happened, and your mind's in a trance [02:46.68] They're all laughing and cheering and looking askance [02:50.42] On the night that the pugilist finally learned how to dance [02:58.32] It's a three-minute round and you're back in your corner [03:02.43] You're licking your wounds, just like little Jack Horner [03:06.48] Don't let your guard down, try a jab with your right [03:10.33] Or you're losing on points by the end of the night [03:14.10] Then a miracle happens, and everyone's screaming [03:18.02] You're pinching yourself, just in case you're still dreaming [03:21.83] You've taken the initiative, you've taken your chance [03:25.68] It's the night when this pugilist finally learned how to dance [03:33.57] In a bout where the strategist's bridges were burned [03:37.65] Where it seemed that his fortune had suddenly turned [03:41.29] 'Twas the night that this scrapper was suddenly dapper [03:44.93] And this poor fellow's heart was still going like the clappers [03:49.87] The night that the pugilist finally learned how to dance [04:01.27]