The Dancer

Album: Silverbird (1973)
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  • Jeanette was a dancer
    I suppose I knew her well
    Her feet danced miracles
    I was lost within her spell

    Jeanette knew a singer
    Was the leader of some band
    Looked just like a boy
    And stood just like a man

    And it rains all down the avenue
    Yes it rains all down the avenue

    Just for you
    Just for you
    Just for you boy
    Just for you

    The kids in the back street cry
    You hear their voices in your brain
    The world is full of hungry souls
    Behind the window panes

    Little Jenny on the high wire
    Slow motion as she fell
    Sometimes I think the wire is me
    The tragedy as well

    And it rains all down the avenue
    Oh yes it rains all down the avenue
    It rains all down the avenue

    Just for you
    Just for you
    Just for you boy
    Just for you
    Just for you boy
    Just for you

    I work on the west side
    Jeanette I pulled your strings
    I stood upon the pavement
    I never owned a thing
    And still I am the singer
    I know my song so well

    The rain falls through my eyes
    And lands below the shell
    And it rains all down the avenue
    Yes it rains all down the avenue
    Oh yes it rains all down the avenue

    Just for you boy
    Just for you
    Just for you boy
    Just for you Writer/s: DAVID ALEXANDER COURTNEY, LEO SAYER
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Mark from Brighton, United KingdomOr perhaps Leo is a complete bulls--tter but thats what he said and I kind of believe him - he said the girls parents broke the news to him so maybe he didn'rt want to say too much about the real version back when it was such a fresh thing (maybe protecting her family's feelings?)
  • Mark from Brighton, United KingdomErm...he knew the girl who broke her neck when she fell from a cage at a Go Go club in Paris. She was a ballet dancer and Leo was indeed under her spell. How do I know this? I asked Leo today when he visited Brighton (and his co-writer David Courtney who is a friend of mine). The Dancer has always been one of my favourite songs, ever.
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