Advice on Love

I'm not about to tell you how to make
Something of your love life. Just look at mine –
It's no example. But you have no spine,
Your life's a shambles, just a gross mistake.
I guess, considering the way things break,
You must have simply lost control. Don't whine,
I'm only criticizing eight or nine
Of your worst qualities, for heaven's sake.

Don't bother her with all this wiggling,
Like worms. You sometimes have to take a chance
If – and I'm recommending no such thing –
You think you want to gamble on romance:
Ask her to dance. That's all. Ask her to dance,
And – if you have to, then – ask her to sing.