They come to dance  
Cos the leaves are falling 
Autumn in their hearts 
In other lonely arms  
They no longer feel apart  

They come to dance 
To ease the darkness  
Winter here too soon 
Love is heating up the room 
Like promises in bloom  

They come to dance 
And the music surges 
Hear the melody and romance blend
Creating not love but mere illusions 
The band and the hall but a means to an end 

They come to dance  
So also did she  
Convinced of a lie  
Tired of turning aside 
I could see it in her smile 

They come to dance 
When there’s rain on the street  
Summer dead and gone 
Some raise their defences 
And miss the point of the song 

They come to dance 
And the music surges 
Hear the melody and romance blend 
Creating not love but mere illusions 
The band and the hall but a means to an end 

They come to dance   / Cos the leaves are falling  
Autumn in their hearts   / In other lonely arms 
They no longer feel apart 

They come to dance  / To ease the darkness  
Winter here too soon  / Love is heating up the room 
Like promises in bloom

Copyright © 2021 Seán Silke/Rohan Healy/Ciarán Moran. All rights reserved.

This song was inspired by the 2006 Xavier Giannoli film “Quand j’etais chanteur” (The Singer), starring Gérard Depardieu and Cécile de France. Depardieu plays Alain Moreau, an aging performer who sings for one of the few remaining dance-bands in Clermont-Ferrand. Though something of an idol amongst his female audience, he has a melancholic awareness of the slow disappearance of that audience and of his advancing years.

586. They Come To Dance (Silke/Healy/Moran) - Weekend Special Ft Ciarán Moran (Master)

UNTIL I'M GONE

Jaya Radhe

Half Drawn Strawberry “Tides are Turning” Ostronic 06.06.23

This Road

Every time I think of you I think of all the friends you’ve made
Always moving to the next destination - when you could have stayed
Most of your lives all around the world you've roamed
Now a simple cottage - a few flowers and you’re at home

Nothing lasts forever
Not the deepest longest river
Eventually the well runs dry - the last drops rising high and
Dancing with the wind
The last leaf on the oak tree
Breaks away just to fall free
Riding on the breeze then floating down
Without a sound it dances with the wind

In my dreams you’re both dancing in a room without a floor
There’s no one there to play it but you hear the music playing
just like it was before
But nothing last forever

The childhood heroes you remember, they’re all gone
But that’s what happens when you live a life that’s long
The songs you sang together have their secret harmonies
In perfect time, your feet still glide so majestically

Nothing lasts forever
Not the deepest longest river
Etching out the thinnest line in a touch of time
And dancing with the wind
No matter where you’ve been
It could happen all again
I’m not talking about karma or some universal law
No one’s capable of fathoming the truth or the beauty
of it all

We're all dancing with the wind

Bass: Jim Bryan
Copyright by Mark Rabuck 2023

This Road

Barry Carroll

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