Dancing on the Ceiling

"Dancing on the Ceiling" is a song featured in Frank Sinatra's 1955 album In the Wee Small Hours.

History
"Dancing on the Ceiling" was written in 1930 by Richard Rodgers alongside Lorenz Hart for the lyrics. The song was initially written for the 1930 musical  and since this initial performance, the song has become a jazz standard from the Rodgers and Hart songbook.

Releases

 * Studio recordings
 * In the Wee Small Hours (1955)
 * Reissues
 * Concepts (1992)
 * Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Rodgers & Hart (1995)
 * The Capitol Years (1998)

Lyrics
The world is lyrical Because a miracle Has brought my lover to me Though she's some other place, her face I see

At night I creep in bed And never sleep in bed But look above in the air And to my greatest joy, my love is there

She dances overhead On the ceiling near my bed In my sight All through the night

I try to hide in vain Underneath my counterpane But there's my love up there above

I whisper, "Go away, my lover It's not fair" But I'm so grateful to discover That she's still there

I love my ceiling more Since it is a dancing floor Just for my love