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All of the ladies attending the ball
Are requested to gaze in the faces
Found on the dance cards
Please then remember
And don't get to close
To one special one
He will take your defenses and run.
So we change partners
Time to change partners
You must change partners
Again
This is how most of our ladies grew up
At the country club dances
They learned how to handle the boys
Gently but firmly
They learned to say no
There were four more young men
Who were waiting in the color and the noise.
So we change partners
Time to change partners
You must change partners
Again
All of the ladies attending the ball
Are requested to gaze in the faces
Found on the dance cards
Please then remember
And follow your list
'Cause the dear things get hurt
And the broken hearts make you feel.
So we change partners
Time to change partners
You must change partners
Again
Are requested to gaze in the faces
Found on the dance cards
And don't get to close
To one special one
He will take your defenses and run.
Time to change partners
You must change partners
Again
At the country club dances
They learned how to handle the boys
They learned to say no
There were four more young men
Who were waiting in the color and the noise.
Time to change partners
You must change partners
Again
Are requested to gaze in the faces
Found on the dance cards
And follow your list
'Cause the dear things get hurt
And the broken hearts make you feel.
Time to change partners
You must change partners
Again
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Submitted by
hari66 On Dec 15, 2006
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I think on the surface this is a throwback to the early 20th c. or even earlier in theme and story. But it's really about the change from monogamy to serial monogamy or multiple patrners that occurred with greater effect in the 1960s and 70s. The country club dance is a metaphor for general society and romance. Relationships won't last - eventually it will be time to change partners .. again. It is typical of Stills to have an actual story that is also a metaphorical comment.
@MarionDiablito it's better coming from the source rather than conjecture. Stephen Stills said the song comes from the debutante balls that are popular in the South where he grew up. It also became the theme song for the band given the constant change of Neil Young in the group
@MarionDiablito it's better coming from the source rather than conjecture. Stephen Stills said the song comes from the debutante balls that are popular in the South where he grew up. It also became the theme song for the band given the constant change of Neil Young in the group
@MarionDiablito it's better coming from the source rather than conjecture. Stephen Stills said the song comes from the debutante balls that are popular in the South where he grew up. It also became the theme song for the band given the constant change of Neil Young in the group
@MarionDiablito it's better coming from the source rather than conjecture. Stephen Stills said the song comes from the debutante balls that are popular in the South where he grew up. It also became the theme song for the band given the constant change of Neil Young in the group