SONGS:
-- Dance With You --
(unreleased) circa 1985

Lyrics:

Languid mandala of the ceiling fan
Gliding through the air like the slow, stroking hand
Radio Cuba rocking in the hall
I'm making contact with the cool of the wall

I wanna dance with you
I wanna dance with you
I wanna dance with you
I wanna dance with you

Children outside dancing in the sand
Beating rhythm on a garbage can
Don't know where they get the energy
Maybe I can get them to share some with me

'Cause I wanna dance with you
I wanna dance with you
I wanna dance with you
I wanna dance with you


[?] colored light glowing through the cracks
[?]
Gotta shake myself and [?] in the [?]

So much to take in when everything is new
But all I wanna be is wrapped up with you
I wanna dance with you
I wanna dance with you

I wanna dance, wanna dance, wanna dance,
wanna dance, wanna dance with you
I wanna dance, wanna dance, wanna dance,
wanna dance, wanna dance with you


Known comments by Bruce Cockburn about this song, by date:

  • Editor's Note: Missing lines above due to lack of clarity on recording available to the Project. On his 1999 album, "Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu", the lyrics "Languid mandala of the ceiling fan / Gliding through the air like the slow, stroking hand" resurfaced in the song, "When You Give It Away".


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