Great Covers-Let's Dance by M. Ward

There are lots of reasons why a cover song may or may not work. In rare cases, the reinterpretation is the definitive version, making you wonder how it could have been written any other way, as with Jimi Hendrix's version of Dylan's All Along The Watchtower , or Jeff Buckley's take on Leonard Cohen's' Hallelujah. The artist places the song in an entirely new sonic landscape, revealing meaning and emotional impact in the music and/or lyric that you hadn't considered before.

Such is the case with M.Ward's version of David Bowie's Let's Dance. His hushed and intimate delivery puts the lyric front and center, revealing a poetic tenderness that was buried in the original slickly produced dancefloor version.

Lets Dance
for fear your grace should fall
lets dance
for fear that life is all
lets sway
you could look into my eyes
lets sway
under the moonlight
the serious moonlight

and if you say run
I'll run with you
and if you say hide
we'll hide

because my love for you
would break my heart in two
if you should fall into my arms
and tremble like a flower



Lets's Dance by M.Ward

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