| When trouble troubles you
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| the only thing to do
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| is dance, you simply gotta dance
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| And if you’ve had a tiff
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| you’ll soon forget it if you dance
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| you simply gotta dance
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| Here in the south of France
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| they’ve got a new step
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| it’s quite the cutest dance invented to step
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| so do step
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| Wriggle your hips and kick up your heels
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| you’ll be suprised how lovely it feels
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| Ev’rybody’s doing the Riviera
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| Wiggle your fingers, wiggle your toes
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| Just how it started nobody knows
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| Ev’rybody’s doing the Riviera
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| Multi Millionaires and their little pets do it
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| Even maiden ladies who wear lorgnettes
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| have taken to it
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| Tell ev’ryone to give out the news
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| this is the way to shake off the blues
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| Ev’rybody’s doing the Riviera
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| Tell ev’ryone to give out the news
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| this is the way to shake off the blues
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| Ev’rybody’s doing the Riviera
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| Get on the dance floor, get in the swing
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| this is the time for having a fling
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| Everybody’s doing the Riviera
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| Clap-a your hands and slap on your thighs
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| Grin like a goon and roll up your eyes
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| Ev’rybody’s doing the Riviera
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| All the bright young things and their bright young beaux do it
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| Even duchesses and their gigalos
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| have taken to it
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| Ain’t it terrific? |
| Ain’t it the top?
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| You gotta dance right on till you drop
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| Ev’rybody’s doing the Riviera |