This weekly series
will include as many of my all-time favorite tunes as I can get my grubby
little hands on (so to speak). Now, each
one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit
only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered. For I just cannot bring myself to rate some
higher than others. So, this will not be
a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t
matter. Besides, with no countdown, this
could go on forever and ever! Oh, and
despite the fact that there is absolutely no way that your musical tastes can
be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions that you might dare to
make. I am, after all, quite magnanimous
by nature.
Link: [Bruce Springsteen]
Dancing in the Dark
Bruce Springsteen
I get up in the
evenin’
And I ain't got
nothing to say
I come home in the
mornin’
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
Dancin’ in the dark
Messages keeps 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 livin’ in a
dump like this
There's something
happening somewhere
Baby
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
Dancin’ in the dark
You sit around getting’
older
There's a joke here
somewhere
And it's on me
I'll shake this
world off my shoulders
Come on baby
The laugh's on me
Stay on the streets
of this town
And they'll be
carvin’ you up all right
They say you gotta
stay hungry
Hey baby
I'm just about
starvin’ tonight
I'm dyin’ for some
action
I'm sick of sittin’
'round here
Trying to write
this book
I need a love
reaction
Come on now baby
Gimme just one look
You can't start a
fire
Sittin’ around
Cryin’ over a
broken heart
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just
Dancin’ 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
Dancin’ in the dark
Even if we’re just
Dancin’ in the dark
Even if we’re just
Dancin’ in the dark
Even if we’re just
Dancin’ in the dark
Hey baby
Link: [The Jayhawks]
Stumbling Through
The Dark
The Jayhawks
You're so in love
Little girl
So much in love
Little girl
Runnin' around in
circles
Why
You know it's a
crime
No less
No more
Than a rose
No less
No more
Than a rose
Try to attach a
meanin’
To words that
you've heard
Stumblin’ through
the dark
Seems I'm stumblin’
through the dark
Everybody's
stumblin’ through the dark
The men who
proceeded us here
Left only questions
and fears
The vanity formed
by beauty lies
You know it's a
crime
Stumblin’ through
the dark
Seems I'm stumblin’
through the dark
Everybody's
stumblin’ through the dark
Stumblin’ through
the dark
Seems I'm stumblin’
through the dark
Everybody's
stumblin’ through the dark
I love me some Bruce and I still think he's hot. ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Julie!!! Didn't he come out with a song about him being on fire?
ReplyDeleteDancing in the dark is a good one
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! Yeah, it really is. It's such a shame that the girl he pulled up on stage could not take advantage of that much exposure to help launch an acting career or something.
ReplyDeleteBruce is great...I'm a big fan even at this age!...he's on my exercise song list when I workout!...:)JP
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear JP!!! I know he sure gets a work-out at his concerts.
ReplyDeleteJayhawks are such a great group. I like Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark", but I prefer the old standard of the same name that was made famous by Fred Astaire--such a haunting tune.
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Thanks for stopping by, my dear Lee!!! I am really glad you enjoyed this. I think the harmonizing on that Jayhawk's song is incredible.
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