Once there was a time When this town was so high We could never come down When rules did not apply We would drink fountains dry In a club filled with sound And bands would play to please me You found a partner easy Then the name game was the only game in town Nights would end at 6 A.M. Sleep all day And then start dancing again The first to see the end We did the Continental American All our clothes from France Soul Train taught us to dance We got smoke in our eyes Friends were lost and found We're all Paradise bound Some got lost, nobody cried But others took their places Always strange new faces Always one more chance to go around Nights would end at 6 A.M. Sleep all day And then start dancing again The first to see the end Nights would end at 6 A.M. Sleep all day And then start dancing again The first to see the end We did the Continental American