I Wanna Be a Dancin’ Man (1980 TV Version) David Carradine

Announcer, David Carradine, and Charles Rocket

(Ladies and gentlemen, David Carradine!)
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(Okay, hi!
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Well okay. Wow. Well, I'm pretty excited about tonight too, because I'm gonna have the opportunity to live up a particular fantasy of mine, I'm supposed to say it really fast. When I was young I wanted to do this one thing very badly, of course my father didn't want me to do it. I remember him telling me, "No son of mine is going to make a living of his feet." Well… [kicks] anyway… that didn't work. So…
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Well, you know, I got to use my feet a lot in Kung Fu but my urge still was not satisfied…
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I'm just reading thе cards, that's all what I'm doin'! Now listen, my dad is up there watching this
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This is for you, Dad!)

I wanna bе a dancin' man
While I can
Gonna leave my footsteps on the sands of time
If I never leave a dime

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
Yessiree
Gonna leave my footsteps on the sands of time
If I never leave a dime
A dancin' man with footsteps on the sands
Of rhythm
And rhyme