Dancing Is Not A Crime

Ren
Dancing is not a crime

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Ren
Ever since the dawn of time
If anything, everybody had
The right to howl at the moon
And to move all night

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
Ah-ooo
Move all night

Ren
When folks were tribal -
Back before the bible -
They were liable to dance
When the crops came in
Or they'd pull out all the stops
When the earth would spin
Or maybe

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
What?

Ren
They had a battle to win
So they'd go thumpin' on a tree trunk (thump, thump, thump, thump)
Grooving to the free funk
Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
Yeah!
Ren
And just like that
Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
In nothin' flat
Ren
There'd be hands clappin'
Toes tappin', feet flappin'
Dogs yappin'
Hey! Hey!
I coulda told you that would happen
They would dance

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
They would dance

Ren
Every time they had the chance
Whatever the season
Or circumstance
They found a reason to throw a
Party in their pants
And they'd dance

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
Wow!
They would dance

Ren
Yeah, dance Yeah!

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
They would dance

Ren
Oh, dance Dance

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
They would dance
Ren
Yeah, dance Dance
Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
They would dance
(gavel raps)
(Ren opens a Bible)
So if you've heard about
Adam and Abraham, you will
Remember this guy from the
Book of Sam-uel. David?
Y'know, Kind David?

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
Dave

Ren
He make a science outta
Knockin' out giants
Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
The bigger they come
The harder they fall
Ren
He didn't like math or
Geography, but, check
Ren, Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
Check this out:
This out:

Ren
He loved choreography!
(Ren does a few steps)

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
Careful, Ren
There's a law
Now what were you saying
To Reverend Shaw?

Ren
Right here, in black and white
Says he was "leaping and dancing
With all of his might"
Ren, Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
Leaping and dancing Leaping and dancing
In front of his Lord
Ren
But David wasn't doing it
For some reward

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
No, no, no, no

Ren
It might sound odd
But David thought it brought him
Closer to God
So he would dance
Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
Hal-le-lu
Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
Every time he had the chance

Ren, Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
Whatever the season Whatever the season
Or circumstance or circumstance

Ren
He found a reason to throw
A party in his pants In his pants
And he'd dance

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
Par-tay!
He would dance

Ren
So dancing doesn't always
Make you do nasties
Look at the Book of Ecclesiastes

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
Okay

Ren
There's a time to laugh
A time to weep

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
Boo-hoo

Ren
There's a time to plant
A time to reap

Ren,Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
And there's a time
To dance to dance
Ren
It says it right here right here
Right here
Man doth dance

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
And it was good

And if the Bible tells me so
Then what have I got to fear?

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
Got no fear

Ren
We only wanna kick our heels
And I betcha ev'ry one of you knows
How that feels
I betcha do

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
They do

Ren
Uh huh
I betcha do

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
They say they don't
But we know they do

Ren
People been dancing
Since God knows when
And that's the way
It should be again
So let's dance

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
Hal-le-lu

REn
Ev'ry time we get the chance

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
Let's dance

Ren
Whatever the season
Or circumstance

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
Find a reason to throw

Ren
Find a reason
That party in your pants
And then
Dance Dance
Amen Whatever the season
Dance dance dance dance

Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
Dance dance dance dance

Ren, Garvin, Jeter, Bickle & Willard
Whatever the season
Or reason Or reason
It's pleasin' It's pleasin'
To dance To dance