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For a Dancer

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For a Dancer was released on September 13, 1974 by Rhino/Elektra as a part of the album Late For the Sky

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Jackson Browne

Vocals

Fritz Richmond

Percussion

Doug Haywood

Harmony Vocals

Larry Zack

Drums

David Lindley

Fiddle

H. Driver

Hand Claps

Henry Thome

Hand Claps

Michael Condello

Michael Condello

Hand Claps

Beth Fitchet

Harmony Vocals

Dan Fogelberg

Harmony Vocals

Don Henley

Harmony Vocals

JD Souther

Harmony Vocals

Joyce Everson

Harmony Vocals

Perry Lindley

Harmony Vocals

Terry Reid

Harmony Vocals

Jai Winding

Keyboards

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Jackson Browne

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Jackson Browne

Producer

Fritz Richmond

Engineer

Bob Hughs

Engineer

Kent Nebergall

Engineer

Tom Perry

Engineer

Al Schmitt

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

Keep a fire burning in your eye

And pay attention to the open sky

You never know what will be coming down

I don't remember losing track of you

You were always dancing in and out of view

I must've thought you'd always be around

Always keeping things real by playing the clown

Now you're nowhere to be found

I don't know what happens when people die

Can't seem to grasp it as hard as I try

It's like a song I can hear playing right in my ear that I can't sing

I can't help listening

And I can't help feeling stupid standing 'round

Crying as they ease you down

'Cause I know that you'd rather we were dancing

Dancing our sorrow away

Right on dancing

No matter what fate chooses to play

There's nothing you can do about it anyway

Just do the steps that you've been shown

By everyone you've ever known

Until the dance becomes your very own

No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown

In the end, there is one dance you'll do alone

Keep a fire for the human race

Let your prayers go drifting into space

You never know what will be coming down

Perhaps a better world is drawing near

Just as easily it could all disappear

Along with whatever meaning you might have found

Don't let the uncertainty turn you around

The world keeps turning around and around

Go on and make a joyful sound

Into a dancer you have grown

From a seed somebody else has thrown

Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own

And somewhere between the time you arrive and the time you go

May lie a reason you were alive, but you'll never know

Written by: Jackson Browne

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