"what the lyrics to ";in the Dark; are really about"

[Dave Monroe]

On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:

> okay so I am taking this bait to say just that I would bet TRP is
> referring to the Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz song "Dancing in the
> Dark" (1931) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_in_the_Dark_(Howard_Dietz_and_Arthur_Schwartz_song)
>
> and not the Bruce Springsteen song "Dancing in the Dark" (1984)
>
> in the book _Gravity's Rainbow_  (1973)
>
> here's Sinatra singing the Dietz & Schwartz song:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB3PUVOoQUY
> and here are the lyrics:
>
> DANCING IN THE DARK - Lyrics
>
> DANCING IN THE DARK
> TILL THE TUNE ENDS,
> WE`RE DANCING IN THE DARK
> AND IT SOON ENDS;
>
> WE`RE WALTZING
> IN THE WONDER
> OF WHY WE`RE HERE.
> TIME HURRIES BY,
> WE`RE HERE AND GONE.
>
> LOOKING
> FOR THE LIGHT
> OF A NEW LOVE
> TO BRIGHTEN UP
> THE NIGHT,
>
> I HAVE YOU,
> LOVE,
> AND WE CAN FACE
> THE MUSIC TOGETHER,
>
> DANCING IN THE DARK.

It simply came up today, so ... a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside
an enigma ...

http://books.google.com/books?id=fK73JkjMDmQC&pg=PA41#v=onepage&q&f=false