“Neverland Ballroom” has a lot in common with “Dance Stop”, from Daniel Amos’s previous album. Both songs present a hedonistic culture revolving around dancing, and both cultures are headed for a terrible, fiery end.
Like “Dance Stop,” “Neverland Ballroom” owes something to Edgar Allan Poe’s short...
[Intro]
Stop
This
This this way
One
Stop one
Stop this way
Stop one this way
Come on
Table
Table
T-t-t-table
One
This way
Table table table one this way
Rock!
[Verse 1]
Neverland
You pay your money
They stamp your hand
Paradise
Dance on
Thin ice
[Chorus 1]
Soul to soul
Won't see the sun again
Once they dance the Neverland Ballroom
Hearts on fire
Don't see the flames begin
Down at the Neverland Ballroom
[Interlude]
Stop
Rock
[Verse 2]
Abaton
Something shining
Something wrong
Shangri-La
Mirage, she's gone
[Chorus 2]
Dust to dust
Never seen alive again
Once they dance the Neverland Ballroom
Blind desire
The sleepwalk never ends
Down at the Neverland Ballroom
[Interlude]
Neverland
Never
Never, never
Never
[Bridge]
Neverland, Neverland
They've got surprises! They've got plans!
Down at the Neverland
Down at the Neverland Ballroom
Paradise, Paradise
Dancing cheek to cheek, and cold as ice
Down at the Neverland, down at the Neverland Ballroom
Rock!
[Chorus 1]
Soul to soul
Won't see the sun again
Once they dance the Neverland Ballroom
Hearts on fire
Don't see the flames begin
Down at the Neverland Ballroom
[Outro]
Neverland
(Stop!)
Won't see the sun again
Once they dance the Neverland Ballroom
(Stop! This! Way!)
Neverland
(Stop!)
Won't the sun again
Once they dance the Neverland Ballroom
(Stop! This! Way!)
Neverland
(Stop!)
Won't the sun again
Once they dance the Neverland Ballroom
(Stop! This! Way!)
Neverland
(Rock!)
Once they dance the Neverland Ballroom
Neverland Ballroom was written by Terry Scott Taylor & Greg Flesch & Tim Chandler.
Neverland Ballroom was produced by Terry Scott Taylor & Daniel Amos.
Daniel Amos released Neverland Ballroom on Mon Sep 15 1986.