--words and music by Michael Stanley
from "Live In Tangiers", 1998, Razor & Tie Entertainment
Here I am with some time on my hands And I haven't got plans for a minute or two Something easy crosses my mind and I recall when love was new... You went your way and I went mine And our lives seldom cross but when they do Can't help remembering all of the times When love was new, when love was you... We were dancing in the dark (dancing in the dark) Just a couple of fools Holding you closely, breaking all the rules Doesn't everything get colored by those first loves' blues... I'm not lonely my life's quite complete And my lady is sweet, my children are fine Just in passing you crossed my mind And I recall, all about the time... We were dancing in the dark (dancing in the dark) Just a couple of fools Holding you closely, breaking all the rules Doesn't everything get colored by those first loves' blues... Something bout the past is quite amusing You can change it anyway you please As I'm sitting here and thinking of you, do you ever think of me... We were dancing in the dark (dancing in the dark) Just a couple of fools Holding you closely, breaking all the rules Doesn't everything get colored by those first loves' blues... Everything get colored by those first loves' blues...
DANCING IN THE DARK (M. Stanley) Originally on the first MSB album, You Break lt, You Bought It. When I was trying to decide what to do for these shows I went back through all the albums with the idea of doing some things that hadn't surfaced for guite some time. I hadn't played this one live since 1975.