Gotta Dance
Standing safe upon the shore the wind is calm the sea like glass
As if the waters just before had not split wide to let us pass
As we walked on the muddy ocean floor
When the waters closed on those pursuing us I felt relief
But they had wives and children too more innocents condemned to grief
Victims too of a strange and foolish war
The suddenly I understand
Why we left the narrow place behind
Why we journeyed to a desert land
And what it is that we must find
To be free
Free to laugh, Free to cry
Free to fail, but to try
Free to love, Take a chance
Free to dance
Gotta dance, gotta dance
Gotta twirl and let my hair fly free
And dance to the song that is filling my soul
Gotta dance to the beat
To the never ending melody
And dance to the song that is making me whole
Tambourine in my hand
I am feeling so enlightened
I might rise from the earth, I might float like a cloud
This must be holy land
I'm not cowering or frightened
And the joy of rebirth has me laughing aloud
With my feet on the earth
I can reach right up and touch the sky
In praise for the One who has parted the sea
Dance for joy at the birth
Of a people given meaning by
The chance to be strong and the chance to be free
Fifty years from now, perhaps
This day will be a memory
That fades into an unremembered past
Yet I think in times to come
Our story will be history
The basis of a nation, rich and vast
As a slave, like a child
I was forced to do what others said
Not free to decide what I wanted to do
Now I'm free to be wise
To be kind or to be cruel instead
No way can I hide my decisions from view
Now I see, to be free
I must take responsibility
The price I must pay to no longer be a slave
Now the limits on me
Are my choices and ability
And the will to be strong and the will to be brave
In this desert where we stand
I feel a sense of urgency
To understand where I am meant to go
Will I wander in the sand
Or find the path that's right for me
And if I find it will I really know
Gotta dance for today
Gotta dance for tomorrow
Gotta dance for the stars, gotta dance for the sun
Gotta dance for the joy
Gotta dance for the sorrow
Gotta dance for the all. Gotta dance for the One
Gotta dance, gotta dance
Gotta twirl and let my hair fly free
And dance to the song that is filling my soul
Gotta dance to the beat
To the never ending melody
And dance to the song that is making me whole
Gotta dance, gotta dance, gotta dance
As if the waters just before had not split wide to let us pass
As we walked on the muddy ocean floor
When the waters closed on those pursuing us I felt relief
But they had wives and children too more innocents condemned to grief
Victims too of a strange and foolish war
The suddenly I understand
Why we left the narrow place behind
Why we journeyed to a desert land
And what it is that we must find
To be free
Free to laugh, Free to cry
Free to fail, but to try
Free to love, Take a chance
Free to dance
Gotta dance, gotta dance
Gotta twirl and let my hair fly free
And dance to the song that is filling my soul
Gotta dance to the beat
To the never ending melody
And dance to the song that is making me whole
Tambourine in my hand
I am feeling so enlightened
I might rise from the earth, I might float like a cloud
This must be holy land
I'm not cowering or frightened
And the joy of rebirth has me laughing aloud
With my feet on the earth
I can reach right up and touch the sky
In praise for the One who has parted the sea
Dance for joy at the birth
Of a people given meaning by
The chance to be strong and the chance to be free
Fifty years from now, perhaps
This day will be a memory
That fades into an unremembered past
Yet I think in times to come
Our story will be history
The basis of a nation, rich and vast
As a slave, like a child
I was forced to do what others said
Not free to decide what I wanted to do
Now I'm free to be wise
To be kind or to be cruel instead
No way can I hide my decisions from view
Now I see, to be free
I must take responsibility
The price I must pay to no longer be a slave
Now the limits on me
Are my choices and ability
And the will to be strong and the will to be brave
In this desert where we stand
I feel a sense of urgency
To understand where I am meant to go
Will I wander in the sand
Or find the path that's right for me
And if I find it will I really know
Gotta dance for today
Gotta dance for tomorrow
Gotta dance for the stars, gotta dance for the sun
Gotta dance for the joy
Gotta dance for the sorrow
Gotta dance for the all. Gotta dance for the One
Gotta dance, gotta dance
Gotta twirl and let my hair fly free
And dance to the song that is filling my soul
Gotta dance to the beat
To the never ending melody
And dance to the song that is making me whole
Gotta dance, gotta dance, gotta dance
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Kreitzberg
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