DANCING IN THE DARK^©

Live 10 May 1988 version

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Hey Roy! Come on man
Eh one two three four
I come home...

I get up in the evening and I ain't got nothing to say
I come home in the morning, I go to bed feelin' the same way
I ain't nothing but tired, man I'm just tired and bored with myself
Hey there baby, I could use just a little help

You can't start a fire, so! (you can't start a fire without a spark)
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark

Come on now yeahhh yeah yeah
Alright!

Message just keep getting clearer, radio's on and I'm moving 'round the place
I check my look in the mirror, I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face
Man, I ain't getting nowhere, just living in a dump like this
There's something happening somewhere, baby, sugar I just know that there is
   
(You can't start a fire) Hey! (You can't start a fire without a spark)
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark

Come on now yeah yeah
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Say!

You sit around getting older, there's a joke here somewhere and it's on me
I'll shake the world off my shoulders, come on baby have a laugh on me*

Stay on the streets of this town and they'll be carving you up alright
They say you gotta stay hungry baby, well I'm just about starving tonight
I'm dying for some action, I'm sick of sitting 'round here tryin' to write this book
I need a love reaction, come on now baby gimme just one look

You can't start a fire sitting 'round cryin' over a broken heart
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark
You can't start a fire worryin' about your little world fallin' apart
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
Hey! Even if we're just dancing in the dark girl
Even if we're just dancing in the dark

Sometimes I feel, I get feeling so lonely
I can't see no sunshine, woah la la la seek this way
Fill me with bad ideas, heyyy
And the tears of ???, na nanana nana
But that's when I wanna reach out to somebody
That's gonna help me dance my troubles away baby
Now I just wanna say "heyyy come on now pretty baby"

She's got the moves!

The above lyrics refer to the 10 May 1988 performance at Met Center Bloomington, Minneapolis, MN, during the Tunnel Of Love tour.

* Line differs a little from the album's version, used from this tour on.
Lines between parentheses correspond to crowd singing.

Check also the album's version (more details) and the other live versions: 26 Jul 1984, 21 Jun 1985, 15 Oct 1988, 10 Jul 1992, 29 Aug 2002, 16 Oct 2002, 14 Jun 2003, and 04 Oct 2003.