Dance The Lonely Spotlight Songtext

von Mark Spiro

She watches as they float across the stage in pirouettes
Lost inside a movement that she knows that she deserves to get
She could only get the wrinkles from her face to disappear
They’d see the talent and the grace she found from practicing for years
As the T.V. goes to grey and every curtain comes to close
She’ll be fast asleep inside a dream with turns and jumps and pointed soles
A batterie of ballet dreams, a coterie of memories tonight

And she will dance the lonely spotlight tonight
Making up the music as she go-o-es
Dance the lonely spotlight tonight
What the truth is, darling, no one knows
We’re all making up the music as we go-o

Every morning she wakes up and turns the coffee maker on
As it sputters and it spits in rhythm she begins her song
Sings her scales then Madame Butterfly as she holds the balance bar
From the bookshelf to the table, she’s a brand new shooting star
Though the days are getting quiet and the nights are cold as hell
And every minute she goes further in becoming her Giselle
In an orchestra of make believe, we sing our tragic melody tonight

And she will dance the lonely spotlight tonight
Making up the music as she go-o-es
Dance the lonely spotlight tonight
What the truth is, darling, no one knows
We’re all making up the music as we go-o

As I hold her flashlight strong and true
She comes floating in and flying through
For tonight her yesterdays are gone
So take my hand and take the stage where you belong

And we will dance the lonely spotlight tonight
Making up the music as we go-oh
Dance the lonely spotlight tonight
What the truth is, darling, no one really knows
We’re all making up the music as we go-o

And we will dance the lonely spotlight tonight
Making up the music as we go-oh
Dance the lonely spotlight tonight
What the truth is, darling, no one really knows
We’re all making up the music as we go-o