In this darkly comedic song, a man approaches the narrator in 1939 and asks her for a dance at the toss of a coin. She accepts, and when the penny comes up heads they dance, and she finds the stranger charming. The next morning, though, she learns his identity when she sees him on the front page of...
[Verse 1]
You talked me into the game of chance
It was '39, before the music started
When you walked up to me and you said
"Hey, heads we dance"
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Well, I didn't know who you were
Until I saw the morning paper
[Chorus 1]
There was a picture of you, a picture of you
'cross the front page
It looked just like you, just like you
In every way
But it couldn't be true, it couldn't be true
You stepped out of a stranger
[Verse 2]
They say that the Devil is a charming man
And just like you, I bet he can dance
And he's coming up behind
In his long tailed black coat dance
[Pre-Chorus 2]
All tails in the air
But the penny landed with its head dancing
[Chorus 2]
A picture of you, a picture of you
In uniform
Standing with your head held high
Hot down to the floor
But it couldn't be you, it couldn't be you
It's a picture of Hitler
[Bridge 1]
He go, "Do-do-do-do-do"
He go, "Do-do-do-do-do"
He go, "Do-do-do-do-do...
Do you want to dance?"
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Well, I couldn't see what was to be
So I just stood there laughing
[Chorus 2]
A picture of you, a picture of you
In uniform
Standing with your head held high
Hot down to the floor
But it couldn't be you, it couldn't be you
It's a picture of Hitler
[Bridge 2]
He go, "Mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh"
He go, "Mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh"
He go, "Mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh...
Heads we're dancing"
"Do-do-do-do-do"
"Do-do-do-do-do"
"Do-do-do-do-do...
Do you want to dance?"
"Mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh"
"Mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh"
"Mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh...
Heads we're dancing"
"Do-do-do-do-do"
He go, "Do-do-do-do-do"
He go, "Do-do-do-do-do-
Do you want to dance?"
"Mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh"
"Mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh"
"Mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh...
Heads we're dancing"
[Interlude]
[Outro]
"Do-do-do-do-do...
Do you want to dance?"
"Mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh...
Heads we're dancing"
"Do-do-do-do-do...
Do you want to dance?"
Heads We’re Dancing was written by Kate Bush.
Heads We’re Dancing was produced by Kate Bush.
Kate Bush released Heads We’re Dancing on Mon Oct 16 1989.