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Dance With Me

from Balance by Rain Perry

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Dance With Me
Word & Music by Rain Perry
c1999 Precipitous Music/BMI
All rights reserved.

When you were young they said you were loved
The great man in the beard and the robe smiled from above
But at the same time you were taught
Every thought mattered and you'd always be caught

You gave your best shot to comply
But that's impossible, no matter how you try

So you decided God is gone
He set this world spinning and then he moved on

And now you feel you're alone
And anything you need you gotta get on your own

It's a lonely way to be
So you're looking for a connection
Well, the connection is me

When you don't know what to believe in
And faith is a dated theory
While you're looking for an answer
Take my hand and dance with me

Well, there are reasons to be afraid
It's a frightening world that whoever-it-was made
A dam in China a mile long
Evangelists who can make you change the words to a song

We give our best shot to stand tall
When there's so much in this world to make you feel small

But there are reasons to take heart
Like the things that happen between us in the dark
'Cause I suspect if God exists
It's in the way you love me — it's in the way we kiss

That's what I'm banking on
When I'm down and I can't find the means to go on

When I don't know what to believe in
And faith is a dated theory
While I'm looking for an answer
Take my hand and dance with me

When we don't know what to believe in
And faith is a dated theory
While we're looking for an answer
Take my hand and dance with me
Dance with me...

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from Balance, released August 10, 1999

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Rain Perry Ojai, California

Rain Perry’s “Beautiful Tree” was the theme for the CW Network’s Life Unexpected, on which she also had the surreal pleasure of appearing as herself. She has released four albums on her own Precipitous Records, as well as writing and touring a solo play about her childhood. In 2016 she completed The Shopkeeper, her first film. She teaches a series of classes called Songwriting for Civilians. ... more

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