She moves awkwardly
Frowns permanently
The boys don’t want to see
Sophie’s crooked knees,
Tripping up.
She doesn’t know what’s wrong,
Been kept a secret along
How she’d love to wander the night
And set this city alight, but

Sophie can’t dance, never given the chance
So she hides on Saturday night,
They said that she’d get better,
But she’s waited in line
She hides on Saturday nights,
Oooh, Sophie can’t dance, Sophie can’t dance
Oooh, Sophie can’t dance, Sophie can’t dance
She can try

She gets left out,
At the dance floors and sharing house
With families it’s bitter sweet
Expectations that she’ll never reach

You have to fight for your life?

Sophie knows her body, feels the tension,
Secretly gets some tests to stop the questions
Doctor sees a problem with a chromosome
Something about the way she was born,
Sophie can’t dance, but has no secrets to hide
She’s got her medication and she’s ready to fight.

Oooh, Sophie can’t dance, Sophie can’t dance

Oooh, Sophie can’t dance, Sophie can’t dance
She can try