Dancing With a Stranger Lyrics

I am dancing with a stranger in a strange bar in a strange town
It's crowded, we b**p the other dancers as he turns me around
He holds me pressed too close against him on a night so warm
Sweat is running down the collar of his uniform
I am dancing with a soldier. He's putting on a pantomime
Desperately going through the motions of a good old time
As though this were the dream brought him back halfway around the world
A hero in his uniform is dancing with a girl
He moves me round the floor like he's running a machine
As though he's learned to do a job, not to question what it means
Drum rolls out machine gun beat, rhythm he understands
Thunder underneath his feet and the power in his hands

I am dancing with a hero. There's agitation in his touch
Overcompensation, in the style of one who's seen too much
Accustomed to the forcefulness, anger, hatred, longing, fear
Nothing's ever strong enough, lose a taste for simple and sincere

I am dancing with a stranger, our lives connect right here right now
And when the dance is done he'll disappear into the crowd
I am dancing with a stranger