Uploaded February 2016 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago

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"Dancing Barefoot" is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Ivan Kral, and released as a second single from the Patti Smith Group's 1979 album Wave. According to the album sleeve, the song was dedicated to women such as Amedeo Modigliani's mistress Jeanne Hébuterne.

lyrics :

She is benediction
She is addicted to thee
She is the root connection
She is connecting with he

Here I go and I don't know why
I fell so ceaselessly
Could it be she's taking over me

I'm dancing barefoot
Heading for a spin
Some strange music draws me in
And makes me come on like some heroin

She is sublimation
She is the essence of thee
She is concentrating on
He, who is chosen by she

Here I go and I don't know why
I spin so ceaselessly
Could it be she's taking all over me

I'm dancing barefoot
Heading for a spin
Some strange music draws me in
And makes me come on like some heroin

I'm dancing barefoot
Heading for a spin
Some strange music draws me in
And makes me come on like some heroin

She is recreation
She, intoxicated by thee
She has the slow sensation
That he is levitating with she

I'm dancing barefoot
Heading for a spin
Some strange music draws me in
And makes me come on like some heroin

I'm dancing barefoot
Heading for a spin
Some strange music draws me in
And makes me come on like some heroin

I'm dancing barefoot
Heading for a spin
Some strange music draws me in
And makes me come on like some heroin