DANCING UP IN HEAVEN WITH D MARIE

IT’S BEEN YEARS SINCE I THOUGHT OF HER AT ALL
BUT WHEN I SAW HER NAME UPON THE WALL. IT TOOK ME BACK TO A DUSTY UNION HALL
AND HOW SHE LOVED TO DANCE I DO RECALL
SHE COULD DANCE WITH A SHOVEL, DANCE WITH A BROOM
OH, HOW SHE DANCED IN MY BEDROOM
SHE DANCED WITH HER DADDY,  DANCED WITH HER GROOM
SHE PROBABLY DANCED IN HER MOMMA’S WOMB.

CHORUS:

D MARIE, I LONG TO SEE… YOU DANCE AGAIN WITH ME
NOW SHE’S DANCING UP IN HEAVEN WITH PLENTY OF ROOM
WHERE SHE NEVER GETS TIRED, OR SITS OUT A TUNE
I LOVED HER ONCE, YES INDEED. NOW I’M A LITTLE OUT OF STEP IT SEEMS
DANCING UP IN HEAVEN WITH D MARIE.

THE LAST TIME I SAW HER WAS 1980. I HEARD SHE WAS DATING THAT WARREN BEATTY
WE LOST TOUCH, AS PEOPLE OFTEN DO.  BUT I STILL KEEP THIS PICTURE OF YOU.
IN THE SHOT YOU’RE WEARING BLUE, SITTING ON THE HOOD OF MY MALIBU
SMILING AND WAVING, IT WAS ALL BRAND NEW.   YOU LOVED ME AND I LOVED YOU. 

CHORUS

WE DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS GETTING LATE. WE DIDN’T CARE ABOUT OUR FATE.
THAT BIG REUNION WILL HAVE TO WAIT.
WAS IT THE DISTANCE THAT MADE IT SEEM SO GREAT

CHORUS:

D MARIE, I LONG TO SEE… YOU DANCE AGAIN WITH ME
NOW SHE’S DANCING UP IN HEAVEN WITH PLENTY OF ROOM
WHERE SHE NEVER GETS TIRED, OR SINGS OUT OF TUNE
I LOVED HER ONCE, YES INDEED. NOW I’M A LITTLE OUT OF STEP IT SEEMS
DANCING UP IN HEAVEN WITH D MARIE

SO ONE FINE DAY WE’LL DANCE AGAIN, SOMEWHERE UP AROUND THE BEND.
I’LL SEE YOU IN THAT LAND OF PLENTY.  BUT NOW MY LIFE SEEMS LITTLE EMPTY.
(WISH I WAS) DANCING UP IN HEAVEN WITH D MARIE