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Stars growing dim by the lakeside

huddled up close to the fire

the fish weren’t biting as much as the cold was

and all of us bitter and tired,

then out from the mist and the shadows

and so pale with the moon on her skin

up from the water, my own lovely daughter

she looked us all over and grinned

she said, «You're scaring the fish with those long sullen faces

lighten up or you won’t stand a chance

I have been to the ball and I’ve seen my sweet Jesus

and all that he wants you to do

is dance.»

She said, «Dance with the lonely, dance with the lost

dance with the ones whom to dance with will cost you

and when you’re worn out from the weight of that cross

just dance

gently and slowly, dance.»

The boys they were reaching for whiskey

the tears they were burning my eyes

seven hard years since we’d stood on that shoreline

cursing the waves and the skies

She said, «Dad, are you sure you still love me?»

I said, «Darling, you know that I do.

a day never goes by that I don’t see your eyes

there in the water’s deep blue.»

She said, «Then dance with the hungry, the naked and blind

with the ones who are chained in their body or mind

go and dance even when you know they’re bound to fall

and when you know that they have no legs at all.»

She said, «Dance with the lonely, dance with the lost

dance with the ones whom to dance with will cost you

and when you’re worn out from the weight of that cross

just dance

gently and slowly, dance.»

Then she picked up my sandwich and tore it in half

started passing it 'round and I laughed and I laughed

'cause my eyes they were opened and my feet they were light

and I could have danced all night

She said, «Dance with the lonely, dance with the lost

dance with the ones whom to dance with will cost you

and when you’re worn out from the weight of that cross

just dance

gently and slowly, dance

in somebody’s arms, maybe, dance

dance if you love me, dance.»

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