Live 27 Nov 1970 (early show) version
Calling out around the world, are you ready for a brand new beat, whoa-ho
Oh see the summer's here and the time's just right for dancing in the street
Yeah they're dancing in Chicago
Oh give it all in New Orleans
Philadelphia PA, oh Lord
All that you need is music, sweet music
Music everywhere
The swinging and swaying, records playing
It's a dance that you just can't beat
Oh brothers and sisters around the world, I want you all to stand
The time has come, Lord, the time has come, but God I gotta see you dance
Bring it down in Chicago
Oh down in San Francisco
Don't you forget the Motor City
All that you need is music, sweet music
There'll be music everywhere
Swinging and swaying, the records playing
It's a dance that you just can't beat
Ah-huh!
Doesn't matter what you wear
Just as long as you are there
Come on, every guy (oh oh) grab a girl
Everywhere around the world
Calling out around the world, are you ready for a brand new beat
Huh! Hey!
Summer's here and the time's just right for dancing in the street
Calling San Francisco
Oh Lord down in New Orleans
[Recording cut]
...Hmm yeah, dancing in the street
Hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm hmm
Ah hmm-hmm hmm, hmm hmm, hmm-hmm hmm
Hmm-hmm hmm
[Spoken:] Here it comes. There's an inefficiency about ???.
Calling out around the world, are you ready for a brand new beat
Oh heaven, Hey!
Summer's here and the time's just right for dancing in the street
Oh in San Francisco
Well down south in oh New Orleans
Don't you forget the Motor City
All that you need is music, sweet music
There'll be music everywhere
Swinging and swaying, the records playing
It's a dance that you just can't beat
Huh!
Doesn't matter what you wear
Just as long as you are there
Every guy grab a girl
Everywhere around the world
Oh oh, yeah!
Hey hey hey, hey!
Oh we're dancing in the street, Philadelphia PA
We're dancing in the street, oh New York City
Dancing in the street, oh we're down in New Orleans
Dancing in the street, Philadelphia PA
Dancing in the street
Oh you know uh, hey hey hey
Oh Lord, ??? hey yeah yeah
And ???
Ah-ah-ah, don't you know it, yeah yeah
Oh oh oh oh
We're dancing
Dancing
We're dancing right here
Right here in the street
Oh oh oh yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
???
The above lyrics are for the live 27 Nov 1970 early show performance of DANCING IN THE STREET at Sunshine In in Asbury Park, NJ, with Steel Mill. One this version, Bruce Springsteen and Robbin Thompson traded lead vocals and Vini Lopez, whose microphone is abnormally high in the mix, sang backing vocals, possibly along with Steven Van Zandt.
Steel Mill performed two shows (07:30 PM and 10:30 PM) on 27 Nov 1970 at Sunshine In in Asbury Park, NJ. These were triple bill shows, with the bottom-billed Steel Mill opening for the second-billed Cactus and headliner Black Sabbath.
Above info about Steel Mill's shows at Sunshine In is taken from Brucebase.
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DANCING IN THE STREET [Live 17 Jul 1970 version]
