DANCING IN THE DARK^©

Live 15 Oct 1988 version

Come on Nils!
Hey man!
One, two, three, four, come on Roy!
Hey!
Hey!

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, 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

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, 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!

Come on now yeah
Yeah!

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
You say you gotta stay hungry, baby, man 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) even if we're just dancing in the dark
(Even if we're just dancing) even if we're just dancing in the dark
(Even if we're just dancing) even if we're just dancing in the dark
(Even if we're just dancing now) alright

Hey well sometimes I feel, I get feeling so lonely
That's when I wanna reach out for a little help from somebody
I'm searching, I'm searching, I'm searching for my baby
Yeah I'm looking, I'm looking, I'm looking for my baby
I said I'm searching, I'm searching, I'm searching for my baby
Well I'm looking, I'm looking, I'm looking for my baby
I said I'm searching, I'm searching, I'm searching for my baby
I'm looking, I'm looking, I'm looking for my baby
Come on girl
Well I'm searching, I'm searching, I'm searching for my baby

The above lyrics refer to the 15 Oct 1988 performance at Estado River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina, during the last show of the Human Rights Now! tour.

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