I wanna be a dancin' man while I can,

Gonna leave my footsteps on the sands of time,

If I never leave a dime.

Never be a millionaire, I don't care,

I'll be rich as old King Midas might have been,

Least until the [bad word] in.

Let other men build mighty nations,

And buildings to the sky;

I'll leave a few creations 

To show that I was dancin' by.

I wanna be free as any bird can be, yes sir-ee!

Gonna leave my footsteps on the sands of time,

If I never leave a dime.
 [bad word] 2:

I wanna be a dancin' man while I can,

Gonna leave my footsteps on the sands of time,

If I never leave a dime.

Never be a millionaire, I don't care,

I'll be rich as old King Midas might have been,

Least until the [bad word] in.

Let other men build mighty nations,

And buildings to the sky;

I'll leave a few creations

To show that I was dancin' by.

I wanna be free as any bird can be, yes sir-ee!

Gonna leave my footsteps on the sands of time,

If I never leave a dime.

dancin' man with footsteps on

The sands of rhythm and rhyme.