(Sha-da-do, sha-da-do-ow)
(Sha-da-do, sha-da-do-ow of a man)
(Sha-da-do, sha-da-do-ow)
Dance in the shadow of a ma-a-a-a-a-a–

Standing in the shadow of another man
Lonely as the streets pass me by (oh, ooh)
Life ain't under pressure 'cause I got a plan
Starin' at myself in the eye (oh, oh, oh)

(When I get this feeling) I can't get enough
('Cause I start believing) and my voice gets tough
(Now I got this feeling) I can't get enough
'Cause I won't be used for my love and left out to cry

(I don't wanna fade into the darkness tonight) show me the light
(I don't wanna be the one to fall on the knife) to come alive
(I'm about to be there, I'm about to be there) watch me, I swear I'll
Dance in the shadow of a man

Hard to be the yellow in a purple sky (sky)
He came through the eye of the storm (eye of the storm)
Gotta be the truth or you'll become a lie (become a lie)
Piercing like your skin from the bone (oh, oh, ah)

(When I get this feeling) I can't get enough
('Cause I start believing) and my voice gets tough
(Now I got this feeling) I can't get enough
'Cause I won't be used for my love and left out to cry

(I don't wanna fade into the darkness tonight) show me the light
(I don't wanna be the one to fall on the knife) to come alive
(I'm about to be there, I'm about to be there) watch me, I swear I'll
Dance in the shadow of a man

Sha-da-do, sha-da-do-ow (shadow of a man)
Sha-da-do, sha-da-do-ow of a man
Sha-da-do, sha-da-do-ow (shadow of a man)
Dance in the shadow of a man

Can't ignore the voice within, and a woman can't lose, but you still pretend
Can't ignore the voice within, and a woman can't lose, but you still pretend
Can't ignore the voice within, and a woman can't lose, but you still pretend
'Cause I won't be used for my love and left out to cry

(I don't wanna fade into the darkness tonight) show me the light
(I don't wanna be the one to fall on the knife) to come alive
(I'm about to be there, I'm about to be there) watch me, I swear I'll
Dance in the shadow of a man

Sha-da-do, sha-da-do-ow (shadow of a man)
Sha-da-do, sha-da-do-ow of a man
Sha-da-do, sha-da-do-ow (shadow of a man)
Dance in the shadow of a man