Dancing Shoes

Chris Rea Dancing Shoes Lyrics
1.Ace Of Hearts

Could this be true
Could this be me
The one who kept himself so high and free
Caught up in the highest game of all
And all my defences tumble and fall
Only the ace of hearts can save now

I wake in early hours and call your name
It's your face i see pressed up against my window pane
And suddenly i realise
As the tears start to fall like rain from the sky
Only the ace of hearts can save me now
Said only the ace of hearts can save me now

Ace of hearts tell me what's this game we're playing
Ace of hearts it's all down to you
I'm lost, lost like a child in a strange dream
Open your doors and pull me
Pull me trough

And i'm flying like the wind in the dead of night
Flying so high searching for those landing lights
I've never been this high before
But darling all i need is your love more and more
And only the ace of hearts can save me now


2.Dancing Shoes

Could have been a long hot summer night
When all the stars were shining bright
Against the blue
Could have been that famous decade scene
Top hats and tails, spinning 'round the room

And all i remember is not wanting the music to end
And all i remember is feeling a need that i could not hide
Don't take away those dancing shoes
Don't take away those dancing shoes
Don't take away that boy's dancing shoes

And ever since that very night
I found me a guiding light, light the way
To turn off the music is to turn off the light in my soul
So just let it shine mister
One more time for me and my babe
Don't take away those dancing shoes
Without the rhythm you got the blues
Don't take away those dancing shoes
Don't take away that boy's dancing shoes


3.Hello Friend

Hello friend, where you been so long?
Time goes by, so easy it sleeps away
Just like a shadow at the end of the day

Hello friend, how are things for you these days?
Some guy from way-back-when, he mentioned your name
Did he ever get back to you?
Ah, you know i told him to

Sometimes i turn and i swear i hear you call
And i often wonder how we lost what we knew
Seems it gone in the wind, washed away in the rain
And the years go by and by

The bridges you burned, long sinced turned into ashes
When there were no reasons, now the river runs dry
Seems it gone in the wind, washed away in the rain
And the years go by and by
Where you been so long


4.I Can Hear Your Heartbeat(1988)

In the silence of the side street
In the whisper of the night
From the darkness of the empty hours
To the early morning light
From the hustle down on main street
With all it's lights so bright
To the trucker on the highway
Pressing through the night

I can hear you heartbeat
I can hear you heartbeat
Girl, the sound of you is so sweet
To me

And i'm sailing on your wind song
Oh, i can feel the summer breeze
You've got me walking on my tiptoes
You've got me standing on my knees
From the mills way down in pittsburgh
To the clubs of gay paris
Ah, no matter where i roam, girl,
You can always get to me

I can hear you heartbeat
I can hear you heartbeat
Girl, the sound of you is so sweet
To me

We got freezing coca-cola
We got anything you want
I moving on that back beat
Girl, but it's you that sings the song

'cos i can hear you heartbeat
I can hear you heartbeat
The sound of you is so sweet
To me

Oh i still hear your heartbeat
Yea i still hear your heartbeat
Girl, the sound of you is so sweet,
To me


5.It's All Gone

A careless heart ain't no good to no-one
I was going back my friends to see
Of what became of my childhood daydreams
Of all the things that used to be
To my surprise i stood alone
I walked a river of a waking dream
My father say 'know what you're thinking'
I guess this old town seen better days

It's all gone
Ain't nothing for you here now
Sail on

You talk of change, something better
Cutting down that big old tree
There's flesh and blood in there somewhere
But no matter what you just don't seem to see
I walk your chambers, your empty halls
I see you talking behind the doors
My father say 'know what you're thinking'
I guess this old town seen better days

It's all gone
Ain't nothing for you here now
Sail on

I'm sailing on, i'm running faster
Than i ever run before
My father say 'know what you're thinking'
I guess this old town seen better days
Sail on


6.Midnight Blue

I got my money
I got it here in my hand
Ok let me tell you
This is how we stand
I've waited so long
Good things, never too late
So don't take no chances
Leave nothing to faith

I wanna walk tall in midnight blue
Look good, oh so good
Step out in midnight blue
Midnight blue

I watch the razors with their class and their style
Dressed to kill, man
Their lives is just one great big smile
And oh i wanna be there
When they dish that stuff out
Cool and collected
Man that's what it's all about

So gimme, gimme, gimme
I want midnight blue
I love midnight blue
I'm gonna step out in midnight blue
So gimme, gimme, gimme midnight blue
Midnight blue
I walk tall in midnight blue
Look good, oh so good
In midnight blue


7.One Golden Rule

There's a heart in the middle of somewhere tonight
Screaming for reasons or just a way out
I put the shirt off my back on a wager that says
There's one every night from my old school yard days
I hear you say one golden rule
One golden rule

There's been times i've been stood in the wind and the rain
Freezing and busted and tricked out of luck
And i cursed my teachers for all of their reading
What we needed most can't be found in them books
One golden rule

Now they teach you to swim but they don't speak of the danger
Tell you the truth but they never say why
Put you on ice that is thin and tell you it's winter
Without one golden rule the truth is a lie
One golden rule


8.Shamrock Diaries

In waves of people you can lose your feet
You've got to stay hard, to the ground
It gets so easy now to lose your way
When you're ever outward bound
A church bell ringing in the fading light
Stops you dead like a cold steel wall
The ghost of yesteryears is toughing you
And as sure as god you'll fall
And i see me and i see you
I see it all just like it used to be
And all the reasons why it started out
Hit you hard with every bell
The choir practice in the empty hall
Is a sound that you know so well
Like something lost inside your overcoat
You find it later, by mistake
You lost it all a thousand years ago
And you pray it's not too late
And i see me and i see you
I see it all just like it used to be
And i see me and i see you
I see it all just like a diary

Now i remember everything
Yea i remember how it used to be
With every note that choirboy sings
And i see me and i see you
I see it all just like it used to be


9.Steel River

I was born and raised on steel river
I see it all like it was yesterday
The ships and bridges they were all delivered
From sydney harbour to the cisco bay
And i met my love down on steel river
We served our dreams and spent our childhood days
In rainy streets we'd kiss away the shivers
And hide from fear inside the latest craze
Dancing to motown
Making love with carole king record playing
And oh how i loved you
Say goodbye steel river

Ten thousand bombers hit the steel river
And many died to keep her running free
And she survived but now she's gone forever
Her burning heart is just a memory
And i ran away from life on steel river
Luck or not i gladly took the break
The odds were low the chances nearly zero
A chance it was i had to take
Say goodbye steel river

They say that salmon swim in steel river
They say it's good to see them back again
I know it hurts to see what really happened
I know one salmon ain't no good to them
They were born and raised to serve their steel mother
It was they taught and all they ever knew
And they believed that she would keep their children
Even though not a single word was true
Say goodbye steel river