Dancing in the dark

Listening en inglés. Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen

I get up in the evening, and I ain't got nothing to say
I come home in the morning, I go to bed feeling the same way
I ain't nothing but tired, man I'm just tired and bored with myself
Hey there baby, I could use just a little help
You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark

Messages just keep getting clearer, radio's on and I'm moving round the place
I check my look in the mirror wanna change my clothes my hair my face
Man I ain't getting nowhere I'm just livin in a dump like this
There's something happening somewhere baby I just know that there is
You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark

You sit around getting older there's a joke here somewhere and it's on me
I'll shake this world off my shoulders come on baby the laughs on me
Stay on the streets of this town and they'll be carving you up alright
They say you got to stay hungry hey baby I'm just about starving tonight
I'm dying for some action I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book
I need a love reaction come on baby give me just one look
You can't start a fire, sitting 'round crying over a broken heart
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark

You can't start a fire, worrying about your little world falling apart
This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark

Even if we're just dancing in the dark
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
Even if we're just dancing in the dark

Hey baby!


Vocabulario.
spark - chispa

Message just keeps getting clearer - Mensaje se pone cada vez más clara

dump - a horrible place

on me - at my expense, at my cost.

• The joke is on me. = The joke is at my expense.
• The drinks are on me. = I’ll buy the drinks.

shake - sacudir

I’m dying for. - I really need

I’m sick of - Estoy harto de

Even if we're just dancing in the dark  - Aunque sólo estamos bailando en la oscuridad

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Blame It On The Moon

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Blame It On The Moon by Katie Melua. Live At Fairfield Hall Croydon, UK. 18th March 2004.

Gonna blame it on the moon,

Didn't want to fall in love again so soon.

I was fine, feeling strong,

Didn't want to fall in love with anyone.

Now that it's gone too far to call for a halt,

I'll blame it on the moon

'Cause it's not my fault;

I didn't think that this would happen so soon

So I'll blame it on the moon.

I was happy to be free

Didn't think I'd give myself so easily.

Guilty feelings in the night

As I wonder is it wrong to feel so right.

Now that it's gone too far to call for a halt,

I'll blame it on the moon

'Cause it's not my fault;

I didn't think that this would happen so soon

So I'll blame it on the moon.

Gonna blame it on the moon,

Didn't want to fall in love again so soon.

I was fine, feeling strong,

Didn't want to fall in love with anyone.

Now that it's gone too far to call for a halt,

I'll blame it on the moon

'Cause it's not my fault;

I didn't think that this would happen so soon

So I'll blame it on the moon.

So I'll blame it on the moon.

Vocabulario

Gonna = going to

blame > culpar, echar la culpa

to fall in love > enamorarse

'Cause = because

Now that it's gone too far > Ahora que se ha ido demasiado lejos

halt = stop

I'll blame it on the moon > Voy a echar la culpa a la luna

Guilty feelings in the night > Sentimientos de culpabilidad por la noche

I didn't think that this would happen so soon. > No creía  que esto sucedería tan pronto

I wonder > me pregunto

Ellipsis: Omisión en la frase u oración de una o más palabras sin alterar el sentido de la frase. A menudo se omite el subject pronoun, cuando es obvio a quién se refiere. Esto es muy común en inglés hablado y en las canciones.

I’m gonna blame it on the moon. - Gonna blame it on the moon. (Ellipsis)

I didn’t want to fall in love again so soon. - Didn't want to fall in love … (Ellipsis)

Ketevan "Katie" Melua nació el 16 de septiembre de 1984 es una cantante originaria de Georgia nacionalizada británica en 2005. Pasó su infancia en Georgia donde su padre era cardiólogo. En 1993, la familia se trasladó a Belfast y luego en 1998 a Londres. Con 15 años ganó un concurso en el canal de TV británico ITV. El compositor Mike Batt le descubrió en 2003 mientras ella estudiaba en la “School for Performing Arts & Technology.” Se convirtió en la artista femenina que más discos vendió en 2004 en Reino Unido.

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