Track Talk (Exile Deluxe): Dancing In The Light
Date: June 7, 2010 10:07
Comments, input and alterations are very welcome!
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Dancing In The Light
(Mick Jagger / Keith Richards)
Rolling Stones Mobile Recording Unit, Stargroves, Newbury, Berkshire, UK & Olympic Sound Studios, London, UK, March - May 1970 and
One East Studio, New York City, New York, US,
Henson Recording Studios & The Village, Los Angeles, California, US, Fall 2009
Mick Jagger - vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
Keith Richards - electric guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Bill Wyman - bass
Ian Stewart - piano
Jimmy Miller - percussion
I'm sitting in the darkness, you're dancing in the light
You really hit the big time, I really took a dive
I'm running in the rain, you're dancing in the light
I'm waiting for the train that never will arrive
You left me twisting in the wind, dangling in the night
You'll be Mr. Christian and I'll be Captain Bligh
Look at you with your face all shining, got some new work and some realigning
Now that your nose got some redefining, you look like a million bucks
I got a sinking feeling, you and your wheeling dealing
I'm gonna hit the ceiling, bang the ground with a bump
My whole world is crashing, I took a violent bashing
Something to thrown the trash in, I'm in the garbage dump
What'd I ever do, you treat me so bad
You're living in a penthouse, my flat is dark and damp
Yeah, what's the matter, baby, we used to be so tight
I'm living in the gloom while you're dancing in the light, yeah
I got that sinking feeling, whose potatoes are you peeling
Can't you hear my poor heart squealing, I'm in the garbage dump
Ah, what' s happening, yeah
You're lying in the sunshine, I'm hanging in the cloud
You're basking in the spotlight, I'm lost there in the crowds, yeah
What am I gonna do about ya, what am I gonna do
What am I gonna do about ya, what am I gonna do
I don't have a clue without ya, what am I gonna do
I'm in a dark place, baby, I gotta, I gotta wear a grim face, baby
You got me with the heartaches, yeah, get me out of the darkness
What am I gonna do without ya, what am I gonna do
If I was your new boyfriend, I would have stage fright
While you're riding in a limo, I'm wheeling my bike, yeah
What am I gonna do without ya, what am I gonna do
What am I gonna do without ya, what am I gonna do
Oh yeah, oh yeah, dancing in the light, dancing in the light, come on, yeah, gonna do
Produced by Jimmy Miller, Don Was & The Glimmer Twins
First released on:
The Rolling Stones - “Exile On Main Street” 2CD
(Universal 273 429-5) UK, May 14, 2010