I smoke a cigarette
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As I wait in the bath
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And I wait for you
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For an hour and a half
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And I go to the window
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Where the sky falls down in rains
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And I look across the river
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Where they dance the night away
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I watch the couples
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On the corner of town
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Men dressed in black tie
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The ladies in gowns
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A taxi pulls up
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Drives them across the street,
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Takes them to a place
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Where they dance the night away
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Dance the night away
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Dance the night away
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Dance the night away
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I crawl across the bed
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Playing the radio low
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Trying to forget
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What I already know
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And I want to sleep
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But the song never ends
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It comes from a place
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Where they dance the night away
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I reach in the drawer
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And I take out respect
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It doctors the sickness
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I took years to perfect
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And I feel sweet sleep
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Like the shadows on a charm
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Moves to my brain
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Where I dance the night away
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Dance the night away
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Dance the night away
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Dance the night away
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Dance the night away
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Dance the . . .
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Dance the Night Away
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| Jim Carroll |
