DO I HAVE TO DANCE ALL NIGHT 
  
              
 
 
  
This rare French record was made in Holland in 1976 (CBS 4431) for Central European countries.
  
This live 7' single was recorded live in Paris in 1976. The song on the A side, Do I have to dance all night (5:00), has never been released on any album. Side B features "The Butcher" (4:06). French translations of the songs have been printed on the back sleeve of the single.
  
Leonard’s band was: John Miller (bass and musical director), Luther Rix (drums), Fred Thaler (keyboards), Sid Mc Guinniss (guitars), Sheryl Barnes and Laura Branigan (vocals).
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
German and Spanish pressings with different picture sleeve
Do I Have To Dance All Night
I'm Forty-One, the moon is full,
 you make love very well.
 You touch me like I touch myself,
 I like you Mademoiselle.
You're so fresh and you're so new,
 I do enjoy you, Miss.
 There's nothing I would rather do
 than move around just like this
 But do I have to dance all night?
 But do I have to dance all night?
 Ooh tell me, Bird of Paradise,
 do I have to dance all night?
 You never really have to tell me what
 you really think of me - alright.
 Let's say I'm doing fine,
 but do I have to dance all night?
 Do I have to dance all night? ...
 I learned this step a while ago.
 I had to practice it while everybody slept.
 I waited half my life for you, you know,
 I didn't even think that you'd accept.
 And here you are before me in the flesh
 saying "Yes, yes, yes!"
 But do I have to dance all night? ...
 I learned this step a while ago ...
 But do I have to dance all night? ...
  
 
I came upon a butcher,
 he was slaughtering a lamb,
 I accused him there
 with his tortured lamb.
 He said, "Listen to me, child,
 I am what I am
 and you, you are my only son."
Well, I found a silver needle,
 I put it into my arm.
 It did some good,
 did some harm.
 But the nights were cold
 and it almost kept me warm,
 how come the night is long?
 I saw some flowers growing up
 where that lamb fell down;
 was I supposed to praise my Lord,
 make some kind of joyful sound?
 He said, "Listen, listen to me now,
 I go round and round
 and you, you are my only child."
 Do not leave me now,
 do not leave me now,
 I'm broken down
 from a recent fall.
 Blood upon my body
 and ice upon my soul,
 lead on, my son, it is your world.
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Lyrics reprinted with Leonard Cohen's permission.
  
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