dance and sing

got to keep on going like it ain't the end

got to change like your life is depending on it

it's a long time coming and we're taking it in

what a wild ruse

see the cold moon hanging like the pennant above

too many ice cream socials with the promise ring love

had to shoot all the targets at the carnival cause

you needed hard proof

i read god is dead i shed some tears for him

but i swear on his grave i'll never do it again

and i screamed when i realized what was happening

that i had good news

i'll grieve

what i have lost

forgive the firing squad

how imperfect life can be

now all i can do

is just dance on through

see the coast guard coming

save the drowning men

out by catalina island they abandoned ship

all the news trucks piled up with starts and fits

coming from point dume

it's the last ditch effort

makes no sense to try

put more gas on the tires

put more wood on the fire

warm your hands up 'cause we'll probably be here a while

if you want the honest truth

don't turn

your cheek away

please don't resuscitate

make an example out of me

because all i can do

is just dance on through

and sing

got a diamond cold heart

and i got it in spades

with the walkman fading like an audio slave

it's a self-induced seizure like a kid at a rave

smeared in day-glo paint

and all the popular prophets

want to take me to task

well it's just your opinion

so i'd rather not ask

but i got me a cane

and i'm spinning it fast

as the band plays

don't read

my worried mind

that smoking gun

passing through time

i'm yours

you can decide

what fate i'll have

on the firing line

because now all i can do

is just dance on through

and sing

with every note there is

with every note there was

each passing chord

there was only love

with every step there is

with every step that was

spinning around

there was only love

only love only love

it was a slow dance for us

there was only love