© 4/29/2020
I WANT TO DANCE
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V-1 I want to dance with you at the break of dawn,
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like sunlight and dew dancing on the lawn,
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Our life together has just begun
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I want to dance.
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V-2 I want to dance with you in the noon day sun,
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from the mountains to the ocean, we’ll make life's run,
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through highs and lows, we’ll live as one,
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And we will dance.
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B-1 I want to dance with you when the sun goes down,
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we’ll watch the green flash all alone,
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walk the beach until we’re home,
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and then we’ll dance.
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V-3 I want to dance with you in the evening time,
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enjoying friends and family, and a glass of wine,
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a toast to life and the fruit of our vine,
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and we can dance.
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B-2 And now, we have another chance,
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For romance, and a dance
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V-4 I want to dance with you with the stars above,
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the Milky Way shining on our love,
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our lives near over, but others live on
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‘cause we have danced……yes we’ve danced yes we’ve danced.
You said the basics came you in a dream. Does that mean you want to dance with the girl of your dreams or someone else?
ReplyDeleteAgain, very good lyrics, and great photos!
ReplyDeleteAh, sorry not to be clear about that. The tune came, and as the tune played out, some ideas about lyrics emerged. No dream about women!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your support JA!
ReplyDeleteDancing? DANCING?? A Mennonite and Goshen College graduate glorifying dancing? Menno Simmons must be doing backflips in his grave. Lol!
ReplyDeleteHey Z, we'll just call it "folk dancing" and everything will be a-ok!
ReplyDeleteZ - you may like this: https://lancasteronline.com/features/faith_values/this-will-lead-to-dancing-a-play-for-and-about/article_00ffbbf2-26ba-11e7-8473-079681536b3b.html
ReplyDeleteChecked out the link. I liked it in the sense that it was interesting, but not in the sense that I agreed with its ideas. Am thinking of ordering the play ($15.00) to see how cheesy or non-cheesy it is. What I highly recommend for inclusion advocates is a literal interpretation of the Biblical verse "the wages of sin is death," meaning if you sin you die in the sense of cease to exist. That way, if perchance their doctrine is in error and they don’t make it to heaven, they aren’t missing anything. It would be the same as if they never existed. The Baptists, however, always jump in and say, “Wait, no, that verse means SPIRITUAL death, you don’t really die and cease to exist. You WILL roast in hell, you WILL roast in hell.” Lol!
ReplyDeleteAm in agreement with Z-man. It's important to nail down the idea that eternity isn't for everyone. It's either heaven or cease to exist. That makes what constitutes sin not so important then. If bean bag toss doesn't keep you out of heaven, fine, enjoy a blissful eternity. If it does keep you out, well, you have ceased to exist, so it isn't like you are pining away because you didn't get invited to the party.
ReplyDeleteThe link was not intended to be deep theological thought!! It was pointed out because of the reference to the old joke about sex leading to dancing!!!
ReplyDeleteWell, DES, it looks like some read more into it than a dancing joke as the theme of the play is that homosexual acts are not a sin. That opened up 'deep theological thought' about what does and doesn't constitute sin, with a couple of comments suggesting that perhaps if we rule out eternal punishment in hell, the question becomes moot. BTW, Jehovah Witnesses don't believe in eternal punishment in hell. Maybe the Mennonite includers should become Jehovanites just to be on the safe side.
ReplyDelete"Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul." Longfellow's take on whether or not we cease to exist after we die.
ReplyDeleteYo Yo - I've long had a problem with saying that continuing in some sin is not OK but continuing in another sin is OK. I will presume that you would hold that not turning away from homosexual behavior is continued sin. But what about those who divorce and remarry? What about those who are obese but chose not to lose weight? What about those lazy folks who chose not to work? And those that continue to be prideful? And so on with the 7 deadly and other sins.....[pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth.....]
ReplyDeleteYou are totally right, Douglas E. I was of the opinion at one time that there should be no fat preachers (John Hagee comes to mind), and the ones that were fat were hypocrites. There are verses in the Bible that try to discourage people from singling out one sin and overlooking the others, such as "remove the log from your own eye," "cast the first stone," etc., etc. Am sure you are aware of the distinction between continuing in sin and forsaking the sin. However, you would be surprised at the number of those (including preachers) whose theological logic is that as humans we are sinners and will sin. God loves us and forgives sin. Therefore, when we sin and ask God to forgive us, He does. Wash, rinse, repeat. In other words, sinning is not nice, but not the end of the world because God always forgives it if we say we're sorry.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your thoughts Yodie, and sometimes I come to the conclusion that theological thought is an oxymoron!! :-)
ReplyDeleteYes, it is truly confusing. You said one time there were thousands of Christian denominations. Here’s an interesting breakdown:
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations
However, 1 Corinthians 1:10 says, “Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.” (KJV)
Lol! Go figure
Yodie - 40,000 comes to mind. Thanks for the link - truly amazing!!! Glad to see the Swartzentruber Amish made the list :-)
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