Continental American Songtext
von Peter Allen

Once there was a time when this town was so high
We could never come down
When rules did not apply, we would drink fountains dry
In a club filled with sound

And bands that played to please me (Wah-ooh)
You found a partner easy (Wah-ooh)
The name game was the only game in town

And nights would end at 6 AM
Sleep all day and then start dancing again
The first to see the end
We did the Continental American

All our clothes from France, Negroes taught us to dance
We had smoke in our eyes
Friends were lost and found, we were paradise bound
Some got lost and they died

But others took their places (Wah-ooh)
Always strange new faces (Wah-ooh)
Always one more chance to go around


And nights would end at 6 AM
Sleep all day and then start dancing again
The first to see the end
We did the Continental American

Now we stand in, let the new dance begin
But those kids seem so young
All dressed up in our clothes but what none of them knows
Is we really had fun

When bands that played to please me (Wah-ooh)
You found a partner easy (Wah-ooh)
Scott and Zelda should have seen us then when

Nights would end at 6 AM
Sleep all day and then start dancing again
The first to see the end

Manhattan pioneers
Nights would end at 6 AM
Sleep all day and then start dancing again
We were much younger then
Manhattan pioneers
When nights would end at 6 AM
Sleep all day and then start dancing again
The first to see the end
We did the Continental American