Dance, Dance, Dance

Dance, Dance, Dance
by Jon Cobert, Michael Mark & Tom Chapin
© 1996 Red Wagon Music, HCD Music & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

“There’s an ancient occupation
That has evolved in every nation
From Fiji to Finland to France.
It’s the physical manifestation
Of the intimate relation between rhythm
And music called the dance…”
Get up and dance, dance, dance
When the music hits you,
Get up and dance, dance, dance
Around the world.
In every neighborhood it just feels good,
When the music hits your pants
Get up and dance.

“In Ireland they dance the Jig…
In Israel they do a circle dance
Called the Hora…
In Greece they dance the Miserlou…
In Spain, they dance the Pasa Doble…
South of the border, down in Mexico,
It’s the Hat Dance…”
Get up and dance, dance, dance
When the music hits you,
Get up and dance, dance, dance
Around the world.
In every nation state it just feels great,
When the music hits your pants
Get up and dance.

“In China they do the Friendship Dance…
Over in Russia, they dance the Kazhatsky…
Down in Southern Africa,
They nuncee Pata Pata…
Back here in North America,
The Navajo do the Hoop Dance…
In the Blue Ridge Mountains
We dance a Hoedown…

If you take the time to probe
All the cultures of the globe
In their marvelous individuality,
Once you’ve studied and you’ve read,
You will find a common thread
And at least one striking similarity. They all…”
Get up and dance, dance, dance
When the music hits them.
Get up and dance, dance, dance
Around the world.
In every tribe and clan they know the plan,
When the music hits your pants
Get up and dance.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Around The World And Back Again CD.

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