BETTY DROVE THE SEMI, SHE PULLED UP TO THE PUMP
I THOUGHT I WANTED COCA-COLA AND I STARTED OUT ON THE JUMP
SHE SAID, "HOLD IT [bad word] QUICK, THERE'S SOMETHING YOU GOT TO SEE
THAT MAN HAS GOT DANCING BEAR TIED UP TO THAT OLD TREE"

I SAID, "DANCE, DANCE, DAKOTA DANCE ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY STORE"
ME AND SWEET BETTY AIN'T NEVER SEEN
BEAR THAT COULD DANCE BEFORE
WELL, IT'S ONE STEP, TWO STEPS, THREE STEPS FOUR
BOTTLE OF SODA AND HE'LL DANCE SOME MORE
DANCE, DANCE DAKOTA DANCE ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY STORE

WELL, THESE HIPPIES WALKED UP TO THE CAGE
GIVING' PILLS TO THAT OLE BEAR
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS THEY WAS GIVING TO HIM
IT HAD HIM PULLING OUT HIS HAIR
I TRIED TO KEEP TIME WITH THE MUSIC,LORD 
WITH THE BEAT ON MY TAMBOURINE
GAVE HIM SOME WINE FROM MASON JAR AND WE ALL BEGAN TO SING

WELL, I WENT OUT TO LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AND I SAW SEMI [bad word] ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT SAID 'DAKOTA THE DANCING BEAR' ON THE SIDE OF IT. NOW THEY CHARGED YOU 50 CENTS TO WATCH THIS BEAR DANCE AROUND [bad word]  SO I TURNED TO ARLO AND I SAID "ARLO, WE OUGHT TO GET DOWN OFF THESE MOTORCYCLES AND WALK OVER THERE AND SEE IF THAT'S THE SAME BEAR THAT BETTY TOLD US ABOUT WHEN SHE WAS DRIVING THE SEMI [bad word] FOR US BACK IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE." SO WE GOT DOWN OFF OUR MOTORCYCLES AND WE WALKED OVER THERE EATEN' OUR PICKLES. NOW THERE WAS FOUR OR FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND OF THESE HIPPIES FREAKS STANDING' AROUND WAITING' ON ROCK FESTIVAL. IT APPEARED THAT DAVID ALLAN COE, KRIS KRISTOFFERSON AND THE GRAND FUNK RAILROAD WAS PLAYING' IN TOWN THAT DAY AND THEIR AIRPLANE HAD GOT HIJACKED SOMEWHERE OVER CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. SO IT TURNED OUT THAT THE PEOPLE WITH SHORT HAIR STARTED THROWING' ROCKS AT THE PEOPLE THAT HAD LONG HAIR. AND THE PEOPLE WITH LONG HAIR STARTED THROWING THE ROCKS BACK. [bad word] TO FIND OUT IN CALIFORNIA WHEN THEY HAD ROCK FESTIVAL YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CARRY YOUR OWN ROCKS. WELL I WALKED OUT TO THE BEAR'S CAGE, THE BEAR LOOKED AT ME AND SAID: "I KNOW YOU, YOU'RE DAVID ALLAN COE AND THAT'S ARLO GUTHRIE WHO SINGS COUNTRY AND WESTERN MUSIC ON JUBOX, RADIO AND TELEVISION. AND YOU ALL GAVE ME SOME ACID WHEN I WAS IN NASHWILLE AND STARTED DANCING AROUND THIS [bad word]  AND I SAID THAT'S RIGHT SON, THAT'S WHY I AM HERE BECAUSE YOU SIGNED CONTRACT WITH ME AND YOU OWE ME 20 PERCENT OF ALL THE MONEY YOU'VE BEEN MAKING SINCE YOU'VE BEEN OUT HERE ON THE ROAD. HE SAID "MAN, I AIN'T GOT NO MONEY". I SAID "WHAT DID YOU DO WITH IT?" AND HE POINTED TO THE NEXT CAGE AND THERE WAS FEMALE BEAR OVER THERE SHOOTING UP HEROINE. AND BEFORE I COULD SAY THING I TURNED AROUND I SAW GRAYHOUND BUS PAINTED BLACK AND WHITE, AND IT SAID THAT DAVID ALLAN COE SHOW, THE MISTERIOUS RHINESTONE COWBOY IN TENESEE HAD BEEN ON THE SIDE OF IT. AND THERE WAS WOMAN DRIVING BUS, AND SURE ENOUGH SHE WAS ALL PUSHIN' UP BETTY AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE NO BRA ON, AND SHE SAID TO ME, SHE SAID 
"HEY [bad word] HERE QUICK, THERE'S SOMETHING YOU GOTTA SEE, 
THAT MAN HAS GOT DANCING BEAR, TIED UP TO THAT OLD TREE"

SHE SAID, "DANCE, DANCE, DAKOTA DANCE ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY STORE"
ME AND SWEET BETTY AIN'T NEVER SEEN
BEAR THAT COULD DANCE BEFORE
WELL, IT'S ONE STEP, TWO STEPS, THREE STEPS FOUR
BOTTLE OF SODA AND HE'LL DANCE SOME MORE
DANCE, DANCE DAKOTA DANCE ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY STORE