One of two songs with a dancing theme from the 2002 album "Home".

"I worked on a fair ground as a youth. Some of the music that was played on the waltzers was a bit like this. They painted the rides in what was known as flam - it's actually a paint type full of lead to reflect the lights called flamboyant, but its also a style and I must have inhaled some of that too." John Tams

Red Gown

You've got a long red gown
You're going into town
You've got your dancing shoes
Tonight you just can't lose
You've got honey bees gently buzzing in your ears
And a feeling inside that you want to last for years
All of your sweet thoughts are rolled up into one
Come on, put your dancing shoes on

You've got a good time band
A ticket in your hand
And as the doors swing wide
You feel the heat inside
Everybody knows this is the place to be
Underneath the mirror-ball the real home of the free
Throw away your troubles lose them one by one
And come on put your dancing shoes on

This is a fine romance
Given half a chance
So come on hold me tight
And we can dance all night
You've got a steel guitar gently singing in your ears
And a feeling inside that you want to last for years
All of your sweet thoughts are rolled up into one
Come on put your dancing shoes on

Ah, come on now - put your dancing shoes on
Come on now - put your dancing shoes on