Dancing
Late-night Revelry: A Musical Journey through Love and Life
Lyrics
Oh darling, it's gonna be late when we get back home
Expressing that it will be late when returning home and questioning if the listener can wait.
Can you wait till we get back home?
Asking if the listener can wait until they return home.
We don't go walking and a-reeling and a-rocking round the whole round town
Declining to engage in excessive social activities in town.
Walking and talking round the whole round town
Engaging in walking and talking around town.
Don't go rolling and a-rocking round the whole round town
Advising against reckless behavior and suggesting someone else take the listener home.
Let another man take you home
Repeating the suggestion for another man to take the listener home, possibly indicating a distance in the relationship.
Let another man take you home
-Oh darling, I wanted to leave but I had to stay
Expressing a desire to leave but being unable to due to the influence of others.
Boys wouldn't let me run away
Stating that the speaker couldn't run away because of the opposition from others.
Been walking and a-reeling and a-rocking round the whole round town
Describing past activities of walking, talking, and rolling around town.
Been walking and talking round the whole round town
-Been rolling and a-rocking round the whole round town
-Let the morning bring me home
Expressing a desire for the morning to bring the speaker home.
Let the morning bring me home
-?This is? alright, go out all night
Uncertain lyrics, possibly suggesting approval to go out all night.
?This is? alright, go out all night
-I tell you there's been no romancing
Denying any romantic or extravagant activities.
There's been no fancypantsing
-I've been dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing
Emphasizing the act of dancing as a central theme in the speaker's life.
Oh darling, I want you to try to understand
Expressing a desire for understanding, especially if one leads the life of a musician.
If you're leading the life of a music man
Describing the lifestyle of a music man, involving walking, talking, and rocking around town.
You've got to walk around and reel around and rock around the whole round town
-Walk around, talk around the whole round town
-Go rolling and a-rocking out the whole round town
-Till the morning takes you home
Expressing a desire for the morning to bring the speaker home, repeating from earlier in the song.
Till the morning takes you home
-?This is? alright, go out all night
Uncertain lyrics, possibly suggesting approval to go out all night.
?This is? alright, go out all night
-I tell you there's been no romancing
Reiterating the lack of romance or extravagance.
There's been no fancypantsing
-There's been life-enhancing, take-a-chancing, dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing
Highlighting the life-enhancing and adventurous aspects, including taking chances and, once again, emphasizing dancing.
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