Dancing Girl
Terry Callier Lyrics

I saw a dream last night
I had a vivid dream yesterday night

Bright like a falling star.
It was vivid and bright like a falling star

And the sources of light,
The things that were emanating light in my dream

Seemed so near,
They seemed very close to me

Yet so far.
But at the same time, I couldn't reach them

I thought i was in flight,
I believed I was flying in my dream

Out where the planets are.
I was traveling far, out into the universe

Moving between day and night.
As I flew, I moved between the light and dark side of the planets

Hear am I,
I'm here now

There you are.
You're there, wherever you are

Follow the dancing girl,
Come with me and watch the dancing girl

Vision and embrace.
Watch her moves and become entranced

Such an entrancing girl,
She's so captivating

She moves with such rhythm and grace.
The way she dances is full of grace and rhythm

Who can she be?
I wonder who she is

Go to the quiet place.
Let's go to a calm and peaceful location

Here in the weary world,
In a world that's full of hardship and exhaustion

Somewhere between time and space.
In a place that seems to straddle both time and space dimensions

We shall be free.
We will feel liberated and unencumbered in that peaceful place

Each of us is born alone.
We are all born into this world without any companions

Well welcome to the twilight zone.
Welcome to a strange, unknown dimension that lies between two worlds

You can leave with only what you bring.
When you leave this world, you can't take anything with you

Things we cannot see appear.
There are things that we can't perceive that seem to exist

Singing songs we cannot hear.
There are songs that we can't hear being sung

An everything is surely everything.
Everything that exists is surely everything that there is

Meanwhile in the ghettos dust and gloom.
In the midst of poverty-stricken areas, it's very dusty and dark

Bird is blowin in his room.
Bird is playing music with his instrument in his room

All those notes(x3)
He's playing many musical notes in a row

Wont take the pain away.
These notes can't take away the pain and suffering in the world

And you'll surely come to harm,
If you're not careful, you'll get hurt

With that needle all up in your arm.
If you use a needle to take drugs, you'll be at risk of harm

And dope will never turn the night to day.
Using drugs won't solve problems and make everything better

Just a little further down the line.
If you keep going, things will get better eventually

Baby sister its these streets at night.
These streets are dangerous at night, especially for young girls

I say the wind blows chilly,
The wind is cold and makes things uncomfortable

And the women need new shoes.
Women here might need new shoes to walk through these streets safely

So just tell her,
Just tell her

Tell her what you wanna do.
Let her know what you want

Boogie, bop or boogalo?
Do you want to dance or move to a specific beat?

I said tell her what you wanna do
Tell her what you want to do

Boogie, bop or boogaloo?
Do you want to dance a boogie, bop, or boogaloo?

I said tell her, tell her
Reiterate that she should tell you

What you wanna do.
What do you want to do?