I Could Have Danced All Night

I Could Have Danced All Night
music by Frederick Loewe (seated left)
lyric by Alan J. Lerner (right)

Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed! My head's too light to try to set it down!
Sleep! Sleep! I couldn't go sleep tonight. Not for all the jewels in the crown!

I could have danced all night, I could have danced all night,
And still have begged for more.
I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things
I've never done before.

I'll never know what made it so exciting, why all at once my heart took flight.

I only know when he began to dance with me,
I could have danced, danced, danced, all night!

It's after three now. Don't you agree now, she ought to be in bed.

I could have danced all night! I could have danced all night!
And still have begged for more.
I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things
I've never done before.

I'll never know what made it so exciting, why all at once my heart took flight.

I only know when he began to dance with me,
I could have danced, danced, danced, all night.

I understand, dear, it's all been grand, dear, but now it's time to sleep.

I could have danced all night, I could have danced all night,
And still have begged for more.
I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things
I've never done before.

I'll never know what made it so exciting, why all at once my heart took flight.

I only know when he began to dance with me,
I could have danced, danced, danced all night!