May I Have This Dance - The Temptations

may i have this dance

i've been waitin for this chance

all night long (all night long)

and this night i'll always treasure

if i could have the pleasure

to excort you

dont you know i've bit my nails in to

wantin to dance with you

but i was much too shy

i never had the nerve

before you'd dance across the floor with another guy

the way he held you in his arms

with his many charms

i knew my chances were slim

in order to get to you

there's only one thing to do

so i got rid of him

hey

ooh hoo i told him that a girl

by the name of pearl

was looking for him

and when i turned around

he was nowhere to be found

so here i am

ooh i gotta have this dance (gotta have this dance with you)

honey i (gotta have this dance with you)

honey i, honey i, honey i, have this dance

honey i (gotta have this dance with you)

gotta have this dance

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