Story Behind The Song
This could be from any Grateful Dead concert!
Song Description
The lyrics describe a "hippy" dancer in a trance like state feeling the music at a live concert. A large crowd is all around her and observes her swaying arms and body.
| Song Length |
5:23 |
Genre |
Rock - Psychedelic, Rock - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Serene, Passive |
Subject |
Karma, Dance |
| Similar Artists |
The Grateful Dead |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
Little dancer in the golden light
pushing colors within her sight
Liquid beams through fingered hands
touching ghosts only she understands
Compass lines draw a mystical wand
in a trance she's a chemical blond
Far off bells in a blink of her eye
twisted clouds, ride off, ride by
Sing out I never lost, this dance of light
Can I for-ever see, this dance of light
When she tires we all slow down
take a breath, till the light comes around
Turn your head and she's gone in the crowd
a court of thousands and they never bowed
Stop in your tracks, will it all reappear
flash in the distance, she cannot be near
Bending between the colors so high
dancing with light, her dance in the sky
Sing out I never lost, this dance of light
Can I for-ever see, this dance of light
Little dancer in the golden light
pushing colors within her sight
Liquid beams through fingered hands
touching ghosts only she understands