Music by : Marc Huyghens - Christian Schreurs - Walter Janssens - Thomas Van Cottom
Lyrics by : Patric Carpentier - Marc Huyghens

Published by : Peer Music France Publishing

The girl with red eyes
In her orange dress
Arms crosswise
Dances like a dervish
Her skirt's going up and down
Rabbits are jumping from her dress
Leaping about on the floor
Like from a wizard's hat

Welcome to the modern dance hall

The Orchestra man
Counts elephants and frogs
Marching from her skirt
He's banging the bell
Butterflies take off
Invading all the ball room
The girl with red eyes
In her orange dress
Arms crosswise
Dances like a dervish

Tables and chairs
Keep spinning around her
Whales, deers and crocodiles
Inundate the place
The animal crowd crawls
Clinging to the fairy lights
Nibbling and eating the walls
Tearing at the night

Tables and chairs
Keep spinning around her
Whales, deers and crocodiles
Inundate the place
The animal crowd crawls
Clinging to the fairy lights
Nibbling and eating the walls
Tearing at the night

- Ballroom appears on Welcome to the modern dancehall (1999).
- A funny "Brass Band Version" appears on the Perfect Lover EP (2000). It is arranged and performed by Véronique Delmelle and members of the Al Harmoniah Brass Band
- A live re-orchestrated version appears on The man who was already dead (2000) [recorded Sept. 26th, 2000]

The lyrics from Ballroom were initially written in French by Patric Carpentier. Marc Huyghens translated and adapted them to their current state afterwards.
The "Brass Band Version" from the Perfect Lover EP is what you might expect : a re-orchestration by a Brass Band (without lyrics). Original, nicely done and well performed.