I Dance and Dance and Smile and Smile Songtext
von Alan Cumming

I′m always loving someone
More than they love me
Lord, I wish that just this once
That's not how it would be

I always try too hard
When I find someone new
And God, I wish that just this once
You′d need me more than I need you

I danced
To please my father
Just to win one glance
Some sign of his approval
I danced and danced and danced and danced

I smiled
To make my mother proud
I was her child
To win some small affection
I smiled and smiled and smiled and smiled


My books and bikes I bartered
To try and buy a friend
Now I've grown
This heart I own
Is the currency I spend and spend and spend
And in the end
I will give you
Everything I earn
Sure you'd never want me
For myself alone

Oh, how I hate the way I am
Always trying to impress
Lord, if I could love me more
Then I could love you less

And if I could love you less
I would not confuse you
Dancing, dancing
Smiling, smiling
Til of course
I lose you