WHEN YOU DANCE

Live 23 Oct 1971 version

Oh, when you dance, ah come on mama hold me tight
With romance, ah kiss me baby in the night
When you move, don't you know I love it so
It's a groove when you turn the light sky above

Well come on mama, don't you go
There's no need to stand back
Do you know honey you're alright with me
Baby you know that's where I'm at

Oh when you smile, ah you drive me wild
All the while I want you be my partner child
When you move, ah you're so good round and round
From above, I want you for my only love

Come on mama, don't you go
There's no need to stand back
You know baby you're alright with me
Baby you know that's where I'm at

[9-minute instrumental]

Yeah when you dance, come on mama hold me tight
Make romance and kiss me baby in the night
When you move, well don't you know I love it so
It's a groove, I don't know if want to let you go

Come on mama, don't you go
There's no need to stand back
Come on baby you're alright with me
Come on mama won't you come over

Info

The above lyrics are for the live 23 Oct 1971 performance of WHEN YOU DANCE at University Of Richmond in Richmond, VA, with The Bruce Springsteen Band.

The 23 Oct 1971 Show

The Bruce Springsteen Band played a triple-bill show 23 Oct 1971 at University Of Richmond in Richmond, VA. The show was held at the university's Keller Hall Gymnasium. The Bruce Springsteen Band was the headliner and Tumbleweed and Black Forrest Rhodes were the undercards. The Bruce Springsteen Band's trumpet player Harvey Cherlin and backup singers Barbara Dinkins and Delores Holmes were not present. The band comprised only of its five core members: Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt, Garry Tallent, David Sancious, and Vini Lopez.

Promotional poster for the 23 Oct 1971 show at University Of Richmond, Richmond, VA

An excellent quality soundboard recording of The Bruce Springsteen Band set from this show is in the possession of a private collector. It consists of 12 songs, clocks at about 127 minutes, and is certainly the complete set. Ten songs from the recording have been circulating among collectors since the early eighties, but in inferior quality and incorrectly dated. The remaining two songs remain in the private collector's hands.

References

Most of the above info about the 23 Oct 1971 show is taken from Brucebase.

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