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Alfred Alvarez (born 5 August 1929) is an English poet, novelist, essayist and critic who publishes under the name A. Alvarez and Al Alvarez.
Alfred Alvarez was born in London. He was educated at The Hall School in Hampstead, London, and then Oundle School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he took a First in English. After teaching briefly in Oxford and the USA, he became a full-time writer in his late twenties. From 1956 to 1966, he was the poetry editor and critic for The Observer, where he introduced British readers to John Berryman, Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, Zbigniew Herbert, and Miroslav Holub.
Alvarez is the author of many non-fiction books. He is best known for his study of suicide, The Savage God, which gained added resonance from his friendship with Plath. He has also written on divorce (Life After Marriage), dreams (Night), and the oil industry (Offshore), as well as his hobbies of poker (The Biggest Game In Town) and mountaineering (Feeding the Rat, a profile of his frequent climbing partner Mo Anthoine). His 1999 autobiography is entitled Where Did It All Go Right?
Dance
It's all I wanna do
So won't you
Dance
I'm standing here with you
Why won't you move
I'll get inside your groove
'Cause I'm on fire fire fire fire
It hurts
When you get too close
But baby it hurts
If love is really good
You just want more
Even if it throws you to the fire fire fire fire
All the lovers
That have gone before
They don't compare to you
Don't be frightened
Just give me a little bit more
They don't compare
All the lovers
Feel
Can't you see there's so much here to feel
Deep inside in your heart
You know I'm real
Can't you see that this is getting higher higher higher higher
Breathe
I know you find it hard
But baby breathe
You'll be next to me
Its all you need
And i'll take you there
I'll take you higher higher higher higher
All the lovers
That have gone before
They don't compare to you
Don't be frightened
Just give me a little bit more
They don't compare
All the lovers
Dance
It's all I wanna do
So won't you dance
I'm standing here with you
Why won't you move
Even if it throws you to the fire fire fire
All the lovers
That have gone before
They don't compare to you
Don't be frightened
Just give me a little bit more
They don't compare