Recorded, mixed and mastered in Logic Pro by Paul Fifield in Windsor, CA, in 2022. Backing tracks created in Band-in-a-Box.
• Vocals - Paul Fifield
• Electric Bass - Tobin Frank
• Drums - Pat Steward
• Strumming Acoustic Guitar- Jason Roller
• Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar- Jason Roller
• Dreamy Electric Rhythm Guitar - Darin Favorite
• Screamin’ Soloist Electric Guitar - Brent Mason
At the end of my 7th grade year, a classmate held a year-end party and invited the entire class (about 32 kids). The last dance of the night found me dancing a slow dance with a girl I’d never felt attracted to. But I felt something during that dance. And I thought about her all summer long. Dreamed daydreams and night dreams of her. By the time school started in the fall those thoughts and feelings all had faded back to normalcy. And I was too shy to do anything about it anyway. But I had that feeling in mind as I was developing this song. This was one of those chord progressions plus melody that I fell in love with when the only lyrics I had going at that early stage were “ooh, we’re swaying to the music”. But the image that persisted was of that room and that dance at that party with that girl. So I upped the setting to an imaginary hotel ballroom in adulthood and built the concept from there. I had the pleasure of playing this song for a packed house at Esalen during a week-long songwriting workshop hosted by JohnSmith and Julie Baker in 2010. It brought the house down. Easily the best response I ever got to any song I ever played during my singer/songwriter days. I still cherish that night and that experience. - Paul Fifield
Swaying To The Music
© Paul Fifield 2011 All Rights Reserved
Shufflin' our feet, movin' to the beat, cheek upon cheek, no need to speak,
We just feel it, our bodies move as one
A slow revolve, around the hall, losing resolve, blind to all
Around us, it's easy to succumb
Ooh... we're swayin' to the music, you press your body eagerly to mine
We keep it up, we’re gonna lose it, not that either one of us would mind
Senses are filled, a passionate build, thrill upon thrill, breaking our will,
We can't stop it, driven by desire
Holding on tight, the moment is right, sparks ignite, flames burn bright,
And every motion, only stokes the fire
Ooh... we're swayin’' to the music, I pull your body hard and fast to mine
We’re so in sync, we feel so fluid, we leave the outer world behind
Oh, why can't this last a lifetime, why must this evening pass away?
Oh, don’t you think it’s high time, we let our passions have their way
Lyin’ in a heap, still feelin’ the beat, the moment is sweet, we fall asleep
Then it’s over, you’re gone when I awake
Movin’ real slow, feelin’ the glow, hard to let go, still I know
That it’s over, from that there’s no escape
Yeah, it’s over, from that there’s no escape
No, it didn’t last a lifetime, we quenched the fire and went our ways
Oh, but it was just the right time, and I'm glad we had it anyway