Capo 5th fret ( chords relative to capo )
On a warm n
ight in March on a da
rk disco
floor
I danc
ed up a storm like I?d never before
Every step i
n the book and then
some that w
eren?t listed
For a song or two I felt nothing else exi
sted
Now if a dream curled at your feet you?d
take it
home and name it
I?m strugg
ling now to find something to blame it on
Strobing effect
s or perhaps it was
that dress
But my eye was captured by a beautiful a
ctress
Now the minutiae
?s still my memo
ry writ large
As she danced nearer me with her coy entourage
She tugged at the scarf
round her neck it came l
oose
She flung it and hung it from the d
isc jockey?s
booth
But be
fore I con
tinue one
moments re
prieve
I grant you dear audience a chance to le
ave
For my t
ale never e
nds in that
it never st
arted
When the house lights came on I?d alread
y departed
No not one word was spoken nor a gl
ance
exchanged
When the
sun rose next morning the world hadn?t changed
See we o
nly touched elbo
ws is the pl
ain naked truth
And I can?t even back up my st
ory with pr
oof
We only touched elbows, felt our b
ones clunk tog
ether
Then the moment was over in a falling feather
An accident su
re but it
happened I?ll wrangle
Our elbows did touch our arms at right a
ngles
Now there?s naug
ht the nosey observer co
uld?ve g
uessed
B
ut the rock and roll drummer inside of my chest
Everyone?s seen her film
s and I?ll whisper her na
me
That we
only touched elbows is n
ot such a sh
ame
For the w
orld?s getting
crowded and I ca
n?t see a
lapse
It?s not about leaving spaces but filling the ga
ps
We?re all bu
mping and k
nocking strang
ers all the
time
Sometimes we don?t notice, mostly we don?t m
ind
A foot brushes your ankle on a
peak hour
bus
Someone?s
hand on the small of your back as they pass
A shopkeepers
fingers while
handing you change
C
an lightly brush yours without feeling too st
range
But why I fe
lt so alive I can?t
quite de
termine
There could be a word to explain it in German
Some t
ake others
home waki
ng up to regret it
We only touched elbows and I?ll never forget it
Now the
innocent DJ still sp
ins his blac
k moons
And keeps us all moving with his faithful tunes
And the lights
nod in synch, they?re mec
hanically powered
We only touched elbows and I s
till haven?t