[00:00.000] 作词 : Ruth Etting[00:01.000] 作曲 : Ruth Etting[00:05.307]I work at the Palace Ball,[00:10.231]But gee, that palace is cheap.[00:14.334]When I get back to my chilly hallroom[00:19.171]I'm much too tired to sleep.[00:23.273]I'm one of those lady teachers,[00:27.760]A beautiful hostess you know,[00:31.964]The kind the palace features[00:36.648]At exactly a dime a throw.[00:42.257]Ten cents a dance,[00:44.887]That's what they pay me.[00:47.186]Gosh how they weigh me down.[00:51.721]Ten cents a dance,[00:54.304]Pansys and rough guys[00:56.630]Tough guys who tear my gown.[01:01.161]Seven to midnight I hear drums,[01:05.584]Loudly the saxaphone blows,[01:10.130]Trumpets are breaking my eardrums![01:14.921]Customers crush my toes.[01:19.562]Sometimes I think I've found my hero[01:24.440]But it's a queer romance.[01:28.651]All that you need is a ticket![01:33.410]Come on big boy,[01:35.807]Ten cents a dance.[01:38.713]Fighters and sailors and bow-legged tailors[01:42.031]Can pay for a ticket and rent me.[01:46.279]Butchers and barbers and rats from the harbors[01:50.249]Are sweethearts my good luck has sent me.[01:54.633]Though I've a chorus of elderly beaus,[01:59.103]Stockings are porous with holes in the toes.[02:03.763]I'm there till closing time.[02:08.387]Dance and be merry, it's only a dime![02:13.071]Ten cents a dance,[02:15.416]That's what they pay me.[02:17.963]Gosh how they weigh me down.[02:22.215]Ten cents a dance,[02:24.494]Pansys and rough guys[02:27.304]Tough guys who tear my gown.[02:31.627]Seven to midnight I hear drums,[02:36.355]Loudly the saxaphone blows,[02:41.043]Trumpets are breaking my eardrums![02:45.734]Customers crush my toes.[02:50.558]Sometimes I think I've found my hero[02:55.437]But it's a queer romance.[02:59.743]All that you need is a ticket![03:04.681]Come on big boy,[03:07.928]Ten cents a dance.