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Do your time on the planet
Just like in the movies
It’s just the big show
Have the time of your life
But don’t be too choosy
It’s not so serious
Wear your sweet silver jacket
Put on all your goodies
Before it’s too late
Do your time on the planet
Just like in the movies
It’s just the big show, baby

I can’t see no complication
Never had a broken heart
Don’t rely on superstition
‘Cause I know the part, uh-huh

I don’t need no first-class ticket
When I’m in my dancing shoes
When I’m out and getting with it
I don’t have nothing to lose

I don’t care if it’s make-believe
When the true heart’s drew its dream
It make me reach out to believe
Every moment feels so true

I can’t believe I forgot to play this at the Laforce and Stevens party at The Eagle…

This is truly classic gay disco. It’s like disco Scarlatti. The arpeggios in the breakdown bring the classical drama and the arrangement is superior. The feeling is melancholy but energized – fully alive. The lyrics encourage abandoning your concepts of your own lifetime and living only for “these few hours.” Wow. As I look at it now what seemed then to be so shallow and fleeting appears to be so deep and enduring… or am I (still) just too much?

Ladies and gentlemen, from 1984 and Beyond, Profile Records recording artist, Miss Lorraine McKane…