I have sat here and searched for a video of Van Morrison singing Ballerina..............and I've failed. Can any one find this song? It's a really nice early Van the Man song and I'd love to post it. I really wanted to post it today as my Song Saturday 
Ballerina
Spread your wings
Come on fly awhile
Straight to my arms
Little angel child
You know you only
Lonely twenty-two story block
And if somebody, not just anybody
Wanted to get close to you
For instance, me, baby
All you gotta do
Is ring a bell
Step right up, step right up
And step right up
Ballerina
Crowd will catch you
Fly it, sigh it, try it
Well, I may be wrong
But something deep in my heart tells me I'm right and I don't think so
You know I saw the writing on the wall
When you came up to me
Child, you were heading for a fall
But if it gets to you
And you feel like you just can't go on
All you gotta do
Is ring a bell
Step right up, and step right up
And step right up
Just like a ballerina
Stepping lightly
Alright, well it's getting late
Yes it is, yes it is
And this time I forget to slip into your slumber
The light is on the left side of your head
And I'm standing in your doorway
And I'm mumbling and I can't remember the last thing that ran through my head
Here come the man and he say, he say the show must go on
So all you gotta do
Is ring the bell
And step right up, and step right up
And step right up
Just like a ballerina, yeah, yeah
Crowd will catch you
Fly it, sight it, c'mon, die it, yeah
Just like a ballerina
Just like a just like a just like a ballerina
Get on up, get on up, keep a-moving on, little bit higher, baby
You know, you know, you know, get up baby
Alright, a-keep on, a-keep on, a-keep on, a-keep on pushing
Stepping lightly
Just like a ballerina
Ooo-we baby, take off your shoes
Working on
Just like a ballerina
ReplyDeleteBallerina - Van Morrison
It is a nice song, but then I like Morrison too.
ReplyDeleteI don't see where there is a music video available. Just the audio as starfishred has posted.
ReplyDeleteI'd settle for Brown Eyed Girl though :-}
i'm not able to locate it, loretta,,wonder why this song??
ReplyDeleteMust not be on the net if everybody googled it and nobody found it. Lots of time I find that music videos that have been taken off YouTube are still locatable on other sites.
ReplyDeleteThere is a video available when he performed this live in London. However, every copy of it I see is obstructed so even at HQ Resolution and full screen it appears as if it was filmed from across the street through a screen door. You can look at in on You Tube ... Just Google it.
ReplyDeleteOh thanks Heidi................thought either you or Laurita may be able to find it but do you know why I only get 30 seconds??? is it restricted or something?? But thatnks so much and well done for trying
ReplyDeleteMy favorite ballerina song.
ReplyDeleteDance, Ballerina, Dance Lyrics
Artist(Band):Nat King Cole
Dance, ballerina, dance
And do your pirouette in rhythm with your achin' heart.
Dance, ballerina, dance
You mustn't once forget a dancer has to dance the part.
Whirl, ballerina, whirl
And just ignore the chair that's empty in the second row.
This is your moment, girl,
Although he's not out there applauding as you steal the show.
Once you said his love must wait its turn
You wanted fame instead.
I guess that's your concern,
We live and learn.
And love is gone, ballerina, gone
So on with your career, you can't afford a backward glance.
Dance on and on and on
A thousand people here have come to see the show
As 'round and 'round you go
So ballerina, dance
Dance, dance!
Whirl, ballerina!
Once you said his love must wait its turn,
You wanted fame instead.
I guess that's your concern,
We live and learn.
And love is gone, ballerina, gone
So on with your career, you can't afford a backward glance
Dance on and on and on
A thousand people here have come to see the show
As 'round and 'round you go
So ballerina, dance!
Dance!
OMG! i love that nat 'king' cole song, too! nice audio clip of the van morrison tune.
ReplyDeletethis one you mean??
ReplyDeleteOR.....................I could have chosen this one
ReplyDeleteOR...............I could have had this one
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