\"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes\" is the second single from Lament, Ultravox's seventh studio album, released in 1984.
The single effectively put Ultravox back on the map, peaking at no. 3 in the UK Singles Chart,[3] and reaching the top 10 in several European countries. The song also entered the Australian and Canadian Top 75 but failed to chart in the US.
The video is about a nuclear power plant meltdown. The music video depicts Midge Ure driving home after discovering that a nuclear explosion is imminent. The video ends with the power plant exploding, and the image of a home movie of Ure, his wife and their child, with the visual effect of a melting film.
DANCING WITH TEARS IN MY EYES
Intro: Am G
[Em]Dancing with
[D]tears in my eyes
[Am]Weeping for the memory
of a [G]life gone by
[Em]Dancing with
[D]tears in my eyes
[Am]Living out a memory
of a [G]love that died [D]
It's [G]five
and I'm driving [D]home again.
It's [G]hard
to believe that it's [D]my last time.
The [G]man
on the wireless [D]cries again
It's [G4]over, it's [G]over
CHORUS
It's [G]late and I'm with my [D]love alone
We [G]drink to forget the [D]coming storm
We [G]love to the sound of our [D]favorite song
[G4]Over and over
CHORUS
It's time and we're in each others arms
It's time but I don't think we really [Em]care
F....Am....Bb....G
CHORUS x2
[Em]Dancing with
[D]tears in my eyes
[Am]Weeping for the memory
of a [G]life gone by
[Em]Dancing with
[D]tears in my eyes
[Am]Living out a memory
of a [G]love that died [D]