I'M NOT SO TOUGH

CHOREOGRAPHER: Ton van Dieren, Te1: 070-445I642, Email: dueren@pop3. worldonline. n1
COUNT: 8+16+16+28+40 (Phrased)
TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Advance
MUSIC: I'm Not So Tough by Ilse DeLange

Note:
Begin after 16 beats. Listen to the songtext if she sings. This dance haa
five sections as follow: AABCD-ABBDE-ADEE and after that repeat AD till the
end. If you wanna do this dance to other music, change Section B: the
&-count in a count, forget the holds on Section B and make from the turn on
count 9 in a &-count. Forget the 1st and 22nd count. Dance only Sections ABBD.

Section A

1	Touch Right foot forward
2	Touch Right foot to the right side
3	Step Right foot 1/8 right turn across back
&	Rock back on Left foot
4	Step Right foot 1/8 right turn to the right side
5	Touch Left foot forward
6	Touch Left foot left side
7	Step Left foot 1/8 left turn across back
&	Rock back on Right foot
8	Step Left foot 1/8 left turn left to the left side

Section B

1	Hold
2	Hold
3	Touch right side with Right foot
	(Ilse begin to sing)
4	Touch Right foot next to Left foot
5	Move hips to the right
6	Move hips to the left
7	Cross Left foot back 1/8 turn left
&	Step a little right with Right foot
8	Cross Left foot over Right foot 1/8 turn right
&	Rock back on Right foot

9	Turn on Right ball 1/2 Left
	and lift Left foot a little off the ground
	(your now looking at the back wall)
10	Step forward with Left foot
&	Instep with Right
	(Right toes pointed a little to right)
11	Step forward with Left foot
12	Hold
&	Step Right foot to Right Side
13	Touch Right Side with Right foot
14	Step Left side with Left foot
15	Touch Right foot next to Left foot
16	Hold

Section C

1	Hold
2	Hold
3	Touch right side with Right foot
	(Ilse begin to sing)
4	Touch Right foot next to Left foot
5	Move hips to the right
6	Move hips to the left
7	Cross Left foot back 1/8 turn left
&	Step a little right with Right foot
8	Cross Left foot over Right foot 1/8 turn right
&	Rock back on Right foot

9	Turn on Right ball 1/2 left and lift Left foot a little
10	Large step forward with Left foot
11-12	Slide Right foot next to Left foot
13	Hold
14	Step Left foot forward
&	Instep with Right foot
	(Right toes a little to the Right)
15	Step Left foot forward
16	Hold

Section D

1	Step Right foot forward
2	Instep with Left foot next to Right foot
3	Step Right foot forward
4	Hitch with Left foot
5	Step Left foot to left side
6	Step Right foot next to Left foot
7	Step Left foot to left side
8	Hold

9	Step Right foot after Left foot
10	Cross Left foot over Right foot
11	Step Right foot after Left foot
12	Kick with Right foot
13	Cross Left foot over Right foot
14	Cross Right foot behind Left foot
15	Cross Left foot over Right foot
16	Hold

17	Touch with Right ball 1/4 turn right to the right side
18	Step Right heel down
19	Touch forward with Left ball
20	Step Left heel down
21	Step forward with Right foot
22	Rock back on Left foot
23	Step back with Right foot
24	Rock forward with Left foot

25	Step Right foot to right side
26	Cross Left foot behind Right foot
27	Step Right foot to right side
&	Scuff Left foot next to Right foot
28	Step Left foot next to Right foot

Section E (Chorus)

1	Stomp Right foot right forward
	(clap right hand on right leg)
2	Stomp Left foot left forward
	(clap left hand on left leg)
3	Clap hands
4	Clap hands
5	Step Right foot to the right side
6-8	Hold 3 counts
	(make with right a phonecall movement)

9	Cross Left foot for Right foot
	(point right finger forwards)
10	Hold
11	Step Right foot 1/4 right turn to the right side
	(point right finger to the right wall)
12	Hold
13-16	Roll hips two times up and down, while you make a 1/4 turn left

17	Step Left foot a little to left side
18	Cross Right foot for Left foot
19	Touch Left foot to left side
20	Cross Left foot for Right foot
21	Step forward with Right foot
22	Roll hips up
23	Roll hips down
24	Hold

25	Touch Left toes forward and tap both heels down
26	Tap both heels down
27	Turn on both toes 1/2 turn right and tap both heels down
28	Tap both heels down
29	Large step forward with Left foot
30-32	Slide Right foot next to Left foot
33-35	Hold
36	Touch Right foot to right side

37	Hop on Right foot and kick Left foot to left side
38	Step Left foot to left side
39-40	Slide Left foot next to Right foot

Note:
Wait 4 counts before you start with Section A again.
Wait 6 counts on the instrumental break
and when she sings the Chorus for 3rd time
you start again after the 32nd count for the 4th Chorus

Have fun and begin again

Don't look to ground,
smile when you do this dance
and if you can sing with her, just do it.

To make it easier, the songtext of her is:

Ilse DeLange - I' m not so tough

I can almost read your mind
It's runnin' fast, out of control
You're afraid of what you'll find
If you get to close

You imaging, I don't care
You see walls that just aren't there
You think, I' m too strong to let you in
Well, that's just don't fair

Chorus:
I'm not so tough, I call your bluf
And let you see, a side of me
That want's you here, cries real tiers
And need someone to love
I' m not so tough

I know, that you've been hurt before
So have I, what can you do
That doesn't mean, you close the door
So, stop blamin' me, I don't blame you

I' m not some ghost from your past
The one who tore your hearth in half
I' m not her, it's not my fault
You holding on to that

Chorus

Instrumental break

Chorus (2x)

Ton van Dieren
 Member of the Mary B Country Club (MBC)
 and Mick's Cowboy Boogie Club (MCB )
 Den Haag, Nederland

From:	dueren@worldonline.nl (Ton van Dieren, MBC countryline dancer)

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