I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You

This song, although sung by a male, is written from a female perspective. It's about feelings of bi-curiosity in the teenage years. The lead singer's sister wrote this song, and she is a lesbian.

"You are the girl that I've been dreaming of Ever since I was a little girl"

• Ironic because perhaps a lot of little girls dream about their prince charming.

"I'm biting my tongue He's kissing on you Oh, why can't you see?"

• She's keeping her mouth shut - the interest of her affections has a boyfriend.

"I'm not gonna teach him how to dance with you He don't suspect a thing, I wish he'd get a clue"

The boyfriend has no idea of the relationship between the two girls. The speaker think's he's an idiot. ....

"You're biting my tongue I'm kissing on you Is he better than me?"

Now, her feeling are made apparent and the girls are kissing. Speaker snidely remarks: Is he better than me?

Honestly, I think this song is about a girl being in love with another girl. Maybe she's friends with the other girl and her boyfriend. I think the boyfriend kind of wants tips on how to please the girl (or really how to dance) and the narrator doesn't want to teach him "how to dance with her". You know, she dislikes that they're together enough, she secretly wants them to break up, so why would she help them? Possible there is/was a bit of a thing going on between the narrator and other girl and she just thinks if she helps him it'll all be over with the girl. Like maybe the narrator keeps thinking about how bad for her the guy is and how she wishes he would just "get a clue" and realize what's going on between them... I actually completely understand this feeling just more from a "You are the guy that I've been dreaming of ever since I was a little girl... "I'm not gonna teach her how to dance with you" perspective

I might be way off:

I'm feeling the singer is maybe a dance teacher/dance partner, wants to be with the girl, and the girl has asked if they'll teach her boyfriend to dance.

the singer role is jealous, wants to say something but cant ''im biting my tongue, he's kissing on you, why cant you see?''

they're scared if they teach her boyfriend how to dance they'll have no special bond any more as their only connection is through dancing: ''the second I do, I know we're gonna be through''

im still unsure of the girl: girl...maybe its generdless intention, but it would have worked ''you are the girl, ive been dreaming of, ever since i was a little boy''

maybe its a lesbian dance instructor! who knows?!

Max

rrrrr i do like this song

its quite catchy i think

I have a doubt, the first verse is OK, but then he says something like "You are the girl that I've been dreaming of ever since I wasn't after ourselves"?

Beautiful, happy and deep song.

no to the person above. he definitely says "you are the girl i've been dreaming of ever since i was a little girl." it's supposed to be in the morrissey school of gender-ambiguous songwriting.

but i agree totally about it being a beautiful, happy and deep song. it's like getting a slice of those feelings that you felt about other people in your late teens/early twenties. really, the 'kids' in this band's name has never been more fitting.

ace

Just beautiful, their vocals play off of each other so well. and they're amazing live. and i got to meet Dawn from the band, she was well cool. can't wait for their full album!

Makes me proud to be from Jax. (: This song is so catchy. Black Kids are kind of hard to get into, but if anything, this song will do it. "You are the girl I've been dreaming of ever since I was a little girl." Brilliant. This song is so innocent. His intentions seem so pure, and then all this girl does is ask him how to teach her boyfriend how to dance with her. What a mean thing to ask of him.

from what I can see, he's singing from the perspective of a girl, a girl whom she's seeing behind the bf's back