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Song title: All I wanna do is dance


All I wanna do is dance - Feb 1972 version

I been looking, I been searching
I been like a buzzard perching on a branch
Its summer I've been hopping
I've been bopping
I've been running out of gas

Well tonight I gotta go to the ranch
??? burst through that ???
Whoa ??? girl
Cause I wanna do is dance, dance

I been ??? ,I been burning, I been running ???
I been stepping, I been ???
Well Friday night I go to your house
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Cause all I wanna do is dance

Well I been ???
And I know that you need me
Baby I know its hard for you
??? for you

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Well Friday night I go to your house
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Cause all I wanna do is dance

Well look out boys ??? over
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Cause you know ???
???and you know I would now now

I been looking, I been searching
I been like a buzzard perching on a branch
I've been slipping, I've been scraping
But you wont let me out
Well Friday night I go to your house
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Cause all I wanna do is dance, dance, dance


All I wanna do is dance - Other version

I been lookin', I've been searchin'
I been like a buzzard perchin' on a fence
I been boogalooing, I been boppin', I been stompin'
I've been learning how to dance
Every Friday night I go to the Ranch
When I'm looking for love, searchin' for a sweet romance
Girl, what have I got to do
Ah just to get to dance a dance with you

I been turnin', I been learnin'
I been burnin' all my midnight lamp
I been escapin', I been achin'
I've been savin' up to buy me an amp
Every Friday night I got to the hop
My feet they move so fast that they just can't stop
Child, what've I gotta do now, tell me
Ah just to get to dance a dance with you

Oh baby you know that I need you
And I know that you need me
I'll learn to play guitar for you
Woman I'll be a star for you

I been lookin', I been searchin'
I'm like a buzzard perchin' on a fence
I been breakin', I been achin'
I've been savin' up just to buy me a big old amp
Every Friday night I go to the Ranch
Then I'm lookin' for love, searchin' for sweet romance
Mama what have I got to do girl
Ah just to get to dance a dance with you

We'll look out Mama, cause I'm takin' over
Oh step back kids, let the music roll you over
I can do anything, anything you wanna do
Well that's alright with me girl
Ah won't you come on through, all you gotta do
Dance, come on babe, come see about me

I been lookin', I been searchin'
I'm like a buzzard perchin' on a fence
Yeah I've been savin', I've been scapin'
Just to buy me a big old amp
Every Friday night I go to the Ranch
Then I'm lookin' for love, searchin' for a sweet romance
Child what have I got to do girl
Ah just to get to dance a dance

Go go mama
Go go mama go
Go go children, go go Mary go
Go go mama, go around, go around, go around
Oh because I just wanna see ya dance


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This song has never been published on any official release.

Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
 - 04/02/1972 The Backdoor Club, Richmond,VA ,USA during the BSB period

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Unique known live performance: 04/02/1972 The Backdoor Club, Richmond,VA ,USA

Song 'history':

During the early years (1965-1972), played live (at least) 1 time(s) with the Bruce Springsteen Band. .
Keep in mind that only a small amount of the setlists of these years has surfaced, so it may have been played a lot more.

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