Lord of the Dance

[Verse 1]
I danced in the morn­ing when the world was be­gun
And I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun
And I came down from heav­en and I danced on the earth
At Beth­le­hem I had my birth

[Chorus]
Dance, then, wher­ev­er you may be
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he
And I’ll lead you all wher­ev­er you may be
And I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he

[Verse 2]
I danced for the scribe and the Pha­ri­see
But they would not dance and they would not fol­low me;
I danced for the fish­er­men, for James and John
They came to me and the dance went on

[Chorus]
Dance, then, wher­ev­er you may be
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he
And I’ll lead you all wher­ev­er you may be
And I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he

[Verse 3]
I danced on the Sab­bath when I cured the lame
The ho­ly peo­ple said it was a shame
They whipped and they stripped and they hung me high
And they left me there on a cross to die

[Chorus]
Dance, then, wher­ev­er you may be
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he
And I’ll lead you all wher­ev­er you may be
And I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he

[Verse 4]
I danced on a Fri­day and the sky turned black
It’s hard to dance with the dev­il on your back
They bur­ied my bo­dy and they thought I’d gone
But I am the dance and I still go on

[Chorus]
Dance, then, wher­ev­er you may be
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he
And I’ll lead you all wher­ev­er you may be
And I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he

[Chorus]
Dance, then, wher­ev­er you may be
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he
And I’ll lead you all wher­ev­er you may be
And I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he
Dance, then, wher­ev­er you may be