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Sylvan Esso – Rooftop Dancing (2020) | Track profile | Dork

Tracks
Sylvan Esso
Free Love
Rooftop Dancing

TRACK

Rooftop Dancing

Release date: 24th September 2020

From Free LoveTrack 93:03

Alternative Music

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About This Track

"Rooftop Dancing" is a track by Sylvan Esso, from the album Free Love, released 24th September 2020. The track is 3:03 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Sylvan Esso.

About the Artist

Sylvan Esso

Sylvan Esso

Lyrics

Rooftop Dancing

Concrete, concrete
Shining everywhere
Moonlight's bright
And the kids don't care
Meet me at the streetlight
Gonna take you there
Take you rooftop dancing
Slo-mo throwing my body in the air
Making the jump from ledge to ledge
Long hair flying
We're out of breath
We're rooftop dancing
Look at, look at, look at
I can see everything
Babies double dutching
Singing their names
Counting off time
Doing their thing
Look at, look at, look at
I can see everything
Babies double dutching
Singing their names
Counting off time
Doing their thing
Sunlight beaming out over the bridge
We're all running, outrunning death
Summertime breaking but we're chasing it
Forever rooftop dancing
Concrete, concrete
Shining everywhere
Moonlight's bright
And the kids don't care
Meet me at the streetlight
Gonna take you there
Take you rooftop dancing
Rooftop dancing
I'll take you rooftop dancing

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Track details

From Free Love

3:032020

Listen

Album

25th September 2020

Track number

9

Release year

2020

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3Ferris Wheel
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4Train
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25 Jul 2022 • 9:01 am

9Rooftop Dancing

3:03

—Rooftop Dancing

—Ferris Wheel

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Amelia Meath, DJ Kyriakides, Nick Sanborn
Producer: Sylvan Esso