I stood outside the Lucky Star staring at the flashing sign   It read, 'Come on in and watch young Scarlet's body come alive'   Let her dance for you and cast her spell   You'll swear you can believe her   Be careful not to catch that scarlet fever      So I paid my fare and walked down front and found an empty chair   As I settled in young Scarlet took the ribbons from her hair   The moves her body made while the music played   Were the likes I've never seen   And she became the envy of my dreams      One by one her teasing movements brought the crowd out of their seats   And all at once young Scarlet danced straight up in front of me   From the moment that her eyes found mine I've never been the same   Scarlet locked another heart upon her chain      Now I get scarlet fever every time I see her   But she's a night club teaser not paid to notice me   Yes, I get scarlet fever if she knew how much I need her   She'd place her hand in my hand and dance away with me      She looked twenty-five but I was told that she was just sixteen   She had a way of making a man believe, she danced for only him   As she tantalized I fantasized and felt the sound of my heart beat   And every night I'd dream she'd fall in love with me      Then one night while driving in my eyes begun to tear   'Coz the sign outside the Lucky Star said, 'Scarlet isn't here'   She'd left that day to find a life of bigger and better things   And she left behind my chain of broken dreams      But still get scarlet fever in my mind I still see her   Out there dancing somewhere to another fool like me   Yes, I get scarlet fever if she knew how much I need her   She'd place her hand in my hand and dance away with me