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Dancing On Glass Lyrics

Can't find my doctor
My bones can't take this ache
If ya dance with the devil
Your day will come to pay

Downtown

Fuel-injected dreams
Are bursting at the seams
Am I in Persia
Or am I just insane ?

Downtown, downtown

One foot in the grave
Such a foolish child
For a date with death
Sign the dotted line

I've been thru hell
And I'm never goin' back
To dancing on glass

Going way too fast
Gonna burn and crash
Valentine's in London
Found me in the trash

Downtown

Need one more rush
Then I know, I know I'll stop
One extra push
Last trip to the top

Downtown, downtown

Silver spoon and needle
Witchy tombstone smile
I'm no puppet
I engrave my veins with style

I've been thru hell
And I'm never goin' back
To dancing on glass

Dancin' dancin'
Sweet Chiva, you were my Jesus
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It's about Nikki Sixx's herion addiction.

"Valentine's Day in London found me in the trash."

Nikki went to a drug dealer in London and hadn't had a fix in a few days and he finally got his fix and he went into convulsions and his drug dealer started beating him with a baseball bat, hoping that was send his body into shock making him calm down.

It just made it worse, and the dealer put him in a dumpster for death.

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the line "valentines in london found me in the trash" is reference to nikki's first near fatal overdose which was on valentines in london! i love this song though great song!

Thats my favorite line. Thanks for the info.

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There’s no doubt about it it’s obviously about Nikki’s addiction to heroin but this song is just FUCKING AWESOME ????????I mean there all fucking hot (back in the 80s maybe besides mick sorry) and they all sounded great from vocals to beats guitars and drums and bass and the lady at the end phenomenal I mean over all this is one of the best songs from their albums all though I think girls girls girls is better than this song which is apart of the girls girls girls album over it’s a fucking great song overall like it or not that just my fucking option I’m just a medal head tbh

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This song is excellent. The woman singing at the end makes me go all tingly, she has the most fucking amazing voice. almost as good as Vinces ;D

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It's about heroin, plain and simple

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the "woman singing at the end" is actually vince

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The woman at the end is most definitely NOT Vince Neil. I believe it's one of the backup singers from the Girls x3 and Feelgood tours. Emi or Donna, but I'm not sure whic. Emi went on to marry Mick and screw him over big-time. All about the Benjamins!

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There is an awesome live video of this featuring the 2 chicks singing at the end. Check it out (It's way better than the studio version even though the studio version is still kickass!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGFQiUla4yM

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That's a great story. His book has some crazy stories, some real good dirt. This song is awesome though. The female at the end is awesome, it's so powerful. I love when Vince sings the first "downtown." So good.

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It IS about his heroin overdose, but if you read Heroin Diaries, it goes into detail WHY he wrote it & WHAT its about. Its' about his Heroin overdose, the shit he & the band went through to get to that point in time & how he wouldn't go through that routine again(like he said,"it's just like dancing on glass")

 
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