Live 22 Jan 1971 version
[DANCING IN THE STREET:]
Whoa!
Woo!
I'm calling out around the world, are you ready for a brand new beat
Well the summer's here and the time just right for dancing in the street
Yeah we're dancing in Chicago
Oh down in New Orleans
Philadelphia PA
Well all that you need is music, sweet music
There'll be music everywhere
Swinging and swaying, the records playing
It's a dance that you just can't beat
Oh brothers and sisters throughout the world, well I want you all to stand
The time has come, Lord, the time has come, Lord I gotta see you dance
Do I hear Chicago
Oh down in New Orleans
Oh Philadelphia PA
And all that you need is music, sweet music
There'll be music everywhere
Swinging and swaying, the records playing
It's a dance that you just can't beat
It doesn't matter what you wear
Just as long as you are there
Come on, every guy grab a girl
Everywhere around the world
[HONKY TONK WOMEN:]
Yeah we're dancing
Now there's only one kind of girl
??? around this whole room
I don't know how she got it coming
Just a honky tonk woman yeah
??? there's only one kind of girl
Guess I met her ???
Don't know how she's got it coming
She's honky tonk woman
Oh she sound like this
Well I met a gin-soaked bar-room queen in Memphis
She tried to take me upstairs for a ride
And she had to heave me right across her shoulder
'Cause I just can't seem to drink some woman off
It's the honky tonk women
Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues
[PROUD MARY:]
Now she lived down in New Orleans
And ??? this woman's house by
Oh by that river boat queen yeah
Yeah I left a good job in the city
Working for The Man every night and day
But I never lost one minute of sleep
Worrying 'bout the way things might have been
Big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
I said now we're rolling, rolling, rolling on the river, yeah
Oh and we're dancing, yeah we're dancing
Hmm in the street
[DANCING IN THE STREET (reprise):]
Calling out around the world, are you ready for a brand new beat
Huh! Hey! Hey!
Summer's here and the time is just right for dancing in the street
Down in Chicago
Oh down in New Orleans
Don't forget the Motor City
All that you need is music, sweet music
There'll be music everywhere
Swinging and swaying, the records playing
It's a dance that you just can't
Doesn't matter what you wear
Just as long as you are there
Oh come on, every guy grab a girl
Everywhere around the world
Dancing in the streets
Dancing in the streets
Dancing in the streets
Dancing in the streets
Don't you know ???
Woahhh ???
Ohhh
Whoaaa oh yeah
The above lyrics are for a live 22 Jan 1971 performance of DANCING IN THE STREET at The Upstage in Asbury Park, NJ, with Steel Mill. This version features snippets of The Rolling Stones' HONKY TONK WOMEN and Creedence Clearwater Revival's PROUD MARY in the middle.
This was a double-bill show with Steel Mill headlining and National Debt. A good audience recording most likely emanating from this show is in circulation among collectors and is believed to be most of (or possibly all of) the Steel Mill performance.
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DANCING IN THE STREET [Live 17 Jul 1970 version]