Dance The Night Away Lyrics - Singles - Jim Carroll

I smoke a cigarette 

As I wait in the bath 

And I wait for you 

For an hour and a half 

And I go to the window 

Where the sky falls down in rains 

And I look across the river 

Where they dance the night away 

I watch the couples 

On the corner of town 

Men dressed in black tie 

The ladies in gowns 

A taxi pulls up 

Drives them across the street 

Takes them to a place 

Where they dance the night away 

Dance the night away 

Dance the night away 

Dance the night away 

I crawl across the bed 

Playing the radio low 

Trying to forget 

What I already know 

And I want to sleep 

But the song never ends 

It comes from a place 

Where they dance the night away 

I reach in the drawer 

And I take out respect 

It doctors the sickness 

I took years to perfect 

And I feel sweet sleep 

Like the shadows on a charm 

Moves to my brain 

Where I dance the night away 

Dance the night away 

Dance the night away 

Dance the night away 

Dance the night away 

Dance the night away 

Dance the night away 

Dance the night away