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!
[Crowd:] 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
[Crowd:] You can't start a fire
Hey!
[Crowd:] 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 are for live 10 May 1988 performance of DANCING IN THE DARK at Metropolitan Sports Center in Bloomington, MN, during the Tunnel Of Love Express Tour. On this tour, Springsteen replaced the "come on baby this laugh's on me" lyrics with "come on baby have a laugh on me".
If you have a ticket stub or a promotional poster for the 10 May 1988 show in Bloomington, MN, please contact me via the below form or by email: . I would like to add scans of these on this page.
List of available versions of DANCING IN THE DARK on this website:
DANCING IN THE DARK [Album version]