Dancing in the Moonlight (It’s Caught Me in a Spotlight) (John Peel session, 1977) Lyrics

When I passed you in the doorway
Well, you took me with a glance
I should have took that last bus home
But I asked you for a dance
Now we go steady to the pictures
I always get chocolate stains on my pants
And my father, he′s going crazy
He says I'm living in a trance

But I′m dancing in the moonlight
It's caught me in its spotlight
(It's alright, alright)
Dancing in the moonlight
On this long hot summer night

It′s three o′clock in the morning
And I'm on the streets again
I disobeyed another warning
I should have been in by ten
Now I won′t get out until Sunday
I'll have to say I stayed with friends
Oh, but it′s a habit worth forming
If it means to justify the ends

Dancing in the moonlight
It's caught me in its spotlight
(It′s alright, alright)
Dancing in the moonlight
On this long hot summer night

And I'm walking home
My last bus is long gone

But I'm dancing in the moonlight
Dancing in the moonlight
It′s caught me in its spotlight
(It′s alright, alright)
Dancing in the moonlight
On this long hot summer night

Dancing in the moonlight

(I'm dancing in the moonlight)
It′s caught me in its spotlight

(It's caught me in its spotlight)
Dancing in the moonlight
(Dancing in the moonlight)
On this long hot summer night

(It′s got me hot)
Dancing in the moonlight
(I'm dancing in the moonlight)
It′s caught me in its spotlight

(It's caught me all right)
(It's alright, alright)
Dancing in the moonlight
On this long hot summer night
(It′s so goddamn hot)
Dancing in the moonlight
(I′m dancing)
It's caught me in its spotlight
(I′m still dancing)