Live 29 Aug 2002 version
[Spoken intro:] Yeah, thanks for coming out, thank you for coming out tonight. This is fun, very refreshing, I got on my galoshes (chuckles)... Ah! Wanna do some dancing? (cheers) Give me a tempo Max.
One, two, one two three four
I get up in the evening and I ain't got nothing to say
I come home in the morning, go to bed feelin' the same way
I ain't nothing but tired, man I'm just tired and bored with myself
Hey there baby, I could use just a little help
You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark
Let's go!
Message just keep getting clearer, radio's on and I'm moving 'round the place
I check my look in the mirror, wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face
Man, I ain't getting nowhere, just living in a dump like this
There's something happening somewhere baby, I just know that there is
You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark
You sit around getting older, there's a joke here somewhere and it's on me
Shake this world off my shoulders, come on baby (come one baby)
Come on baby (come one baby), have a laugh on me
One two three
Stay on the streets of this town and they'll be carving you up alright
They say you gotta stay hungry, hey, I'm just about starving tonight
I'm dying for some action, I'm sick of sitting 'round here tryin' to write this book
I need a love reaction, come on baby gimme just one look
You can't start a fire sitting 'round cryin' over a broken heart
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark
You can't start a fire worryin' about your little world fallin' apart
This gun's for hire (this gun's for hire), this gun's for hire (this gun's for hire)
This gun's for hire (this gun's for hire) even if we're just dancing in the dark
Hey baby!
Hey baby! (Hey baby)
Hey baby! (Hey baby)
Hey baby! (Hey baby)
Heyyyyy!
The above lyrics are for the live 29 Aug 2002 performance of DANCING IN THE DARK at Hayden Planetarium in New York City, NY, during an open air convert filmed for the MTV Video Music Awards.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were introduced by James Gandolfini and then they performed THE RISING for the MTV cameras before embarking on a private 75-minute concert through the driving rain. In total ten songs were performed.
Some of the above info is taken from Brucebase.
List of available versions of DANCING IN THE DARK on this website:
DANCING IN THE DARK [Album version]