Attempted Song Lyrics

And We Danced
(December 2005)

There was a night a long time past
When the spring formal was held,
The rain had come upon us at last
And a full hundred trees were felled

Amid the falling of the forest trees
And the shaking of the mansion eves,
Omens in the air and far too cold a breeze
We said we’d dance and we’d never leave

It was the first dance of the newborn year
And we vowed we’d see it through,
Armed with drinks and food for fears
We were strong though we were few

And we danced with the living and we danced with the dead
The storm kept on giving but we never ever fled
Some were singing, some were libbing, some were hurt and some were wed
But we danced with chance and all came out ahead. Hey!

We said: We’ll dance ‘til the dawn
long as there’s music’s in the air
And the beer ain’t yet all gone
We’ll dance and we won’t care

As night fled it’s way back into day
The dead shambled to their graves
The living has no songs left to say,
Nothing to do or say or save

But came the next year we took a chance
And we got together under the starry night
And we sang and we drank and we danced
And we waited for the dawn’s first light

And we danced with the living and we danced with the dead
The storm kept on giving but we never ever fled
Some were singing, some were libbing, some were hurt and some were wed
But we danced with chance and all came out ahead. Hey!