To dance A perspective of bones A musical bath Clearing a path of one's own Blue jeans and muscle or crinoline rustle You learn it in class or alone To dance To dance It's a gravity thing Shoes to the earth Pulling toward a That is beckoning The dizzy effect of rhythm & sweat Flying like a kid in a swing To dance Arms in a moment's Unworried connection A telling of hearts Where they don't need protection A journey in place A private affection to share To dance Is swimming in time Where passion in public And prudence can somehow align Moving like lovers On top of the covers And everyone knows it's alright To dance Touch without touching ... love without grieving Hold on and let go without anyone leaving All of it part of the beat you're receiving And sending back out through your feet In itself, it's complete And God it is sweet To dance To dance The movement confides Limbs in a language spoken in three Quarter time Then is suddenly gone At the end of the song And you know you were safe all along To dance, to dance...