Thursday, May 30, 2013

ATF: Hardly Seeing

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.



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



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

8 comments:

  1. I love me some Bruce and I still think he's hot. ;)

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  2. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Julie!!! Didn't he come out with a song about him being on fire?

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  3. Dancing in the dark is a good one

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  4. Thanks 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.

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  5. Bruce is great...I'm a big fan even at this age!...he's on my exercise song list when I workout!...:)JP

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  6. Thanks for stopping by, my dear JP!!! I know he sure gets a work-out at his concerts.

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  7. Jayhawks 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.

    Lee
    A Faraway View
    An A to Z Co-host blog

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  8. 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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