Janis Ian Will You Dance? song lyrics

Someone is waiting

Over by the window

Just beyond the stairwell, someone's crying

Drowning in the words of the prophets

That are written for the dead and the dying

Someone's lying

No one's buying

Someone is dying

Panic in the streets

Can't get no release, someone escaping

Waiting on a line for the holy revolution, parading illusion

Someone's using

Most amusing

Will you dance?

Will you dance?

Smell of caviar and roses

Teach your children all the poses

How familiar are we all?

Will you dance?

Will you dance?

Light fantastic in the morning

How romantic to be whoring

Boring though it may be

Who'll survive

If you and I should fall?

Someone is bleeding

Crimson in the night

Strangers in the light, a sudden meeting

Greeting one by one,

every life runs flashing before those dashing eyes

Will you dance?

Will you dance?

Take a chance on romance

And a big surprise

Will you dance?

Will you dance?

Take a chance on romance

And a big surprise