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Labor Day weekend, I was seventeen
I bought a coke and some gasoline
I drove out to the country fair! (Allemande left and weave)
When I saw her for the first time, standing in the ticket line
Swing your girl and promenade
She had a suntan line and red lipstick, I worked so hard for that first kiss!
And a heart don't forget something like that

Heads square thru four hands you go, all the way around you know
Find your corner make an ocean wave, swing thru
Boys run right and then ferris wheel to the middle my friend
The center two pass thru, swing your corner and promenade
Had a barbecue stain on my white tee shirt
She was killing me in that mini-skirt
And hearts don't forget something like that!

Sides face grand square
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Like an old photograph, time can make a feeling fade
But the memory of that first love (Allemande left and weave)
She had a suntan line and red lipstick
Swing your girl and promenade the set
'Cause hearts don't forget something like that!

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It was five years in a southbound plane headin' down to New Orleans
To meet some friends for Mardi Gras (Allemande left and weave)
She said I bet you don't remember me, I said only in very other memory
Swing your girl and promenade
She had a suntan line and red lipstick, I worked so hard for that first kiss
And a heart don't forget!

Swing her
Heart don't forget
No! A heart don't forget something like that