Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark Lyrics

Bruce Springsteen Lyrics

"Dancing In The Dark"

I get up in the evening
And I ain't got nothing to say
I come home in the morning
I go to bed feeling 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

Message 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
I'm just living 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 dancing 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 carving you up all right
They say you gotta stay hungry
Hey, baby, I'm just about starving tonight
I'm dying for some action
I'm sick of sitting '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
Sitting 'round crying over a broken heart
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
You can't start a fire
Worrying about your little world falling apart
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancing in the dark

Even if we're just dancing in the dark
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
Hey, baby

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Writer(s): Springsteen Bruce

The biggest hit of Bruce Springsteen. It reached the number-two position on the Billboard Hot 100. The album this track belongs to is the best-selling album of his career.

The music video for this song features Courteney Cox appearance as a fan pulled by Bruce Springsteen on stage at the end of the song. It was shot during a concert at the Saint Paul Civic Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on the 29th of June 1984. Springsteen thought that she was just a pre-selected fan, and found out only afterwords that she was a professional actress brought in from New Your for the occasion.

The video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance in 1985.

With "Dancing In The Dark" Bruce Springsteen won his first Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance in 1985.

During the 2012 tour Bruce Springsteen's mother, Adele, did the 'Courteney Cox' dance at The Spectrum in Philadelphia during this song, and his daughter Jessica danced on stage with him in Paris on the 5th of July.

album: "Born In The U.S.A." (1984)

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"Dancing In The Dark" lyrics

Bruce Springsteen Lyrics