Lyric discussion by robertuep 

@pcp Who is fighting who? Red shoes are special shoes that a dancer would wear for dancing... Special shoes in a world were so many don't own a pair of shoes ... it a reference to third world people wanting and needing to join the modern world, rather than starve. .. Bowie was referencing the 1948 film The Red Shoes... The couple have no choice that Dance the Blues... Blues being used as a reference for sadness .... It only because they have each other they the struggle is worthwhile that they keep dancing under the moonlight the serious moonlight.....

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