Dancing In The Moonlight

This uptempo, slightly jazzy number was clearly influenced by Van Morrison, of whom Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott was a big fan. One of Morrison's famous songs is "Moondance." The subtitle was added by the band's American record company, Mercury, to distinguish it from the King Harvest song with the same title released four years earlier.

[Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] But I'm dancing in the moonlight Its caught me in its spotlight Said I'm dancing in the moonlight On this long, hot summer night [Verse 2] Its three o'clock in the morning And I'm on the streets again I disobeyed another warning I should've 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 [Chorus] Dancing in the moonlight Its caught me in its spotlight Dancing in the moonlight On this long, hot summer night [Bridge] And I'm walking home The last bus is long gone But I'm dancing in the moonlight [Instrumental] [Chorus x3]