Product Description
Dance, Boy! is a powerful, exuberant exhortation to live life fully,
casting off all doubt and fear! So many times we find ourselves living
small - well, this is an invitation to "let loose our grip on that
devil's threat, and dance!"
Lyrics:
Stay no longer behind the wall! Its not so safe there after all.
Gods garden beckons, filled with day,
And all his juice-chinned children are fat with play!
Cowering there in corners cove, fear is everything,
No room to play, no room to be, to laugh nor dance nor sing.
This pain, this fear, this living death, no light nor love nor joy;
Is this all you were meant for, you potent, longing boy?
You hiding there are every man; you always hedge your bet.
The truth is better than you think; you just dont see it yet.
The joy of life is in the dance! The futures just a dream.
Why do you settle for skim milk when you can have the cream?
Look, see the light, the living joy, why lie there til you die?
Rise up and live your shining life; get up and let ye fly!
Fling wide those gates, fly into the field, with never a backward glance.
Let loose your grip on that devils threat
And dance, boy! Dance, boy! Dance!
--William Gorton
William is also the artist/performer. This song appears on
Gorton's album of art songs, "Brimfull," available through his website
(see below). Score also available here on Sheet Music Plus.
To learn more about or to contact Dr. Gorton, visit his website: gortonmuse.com
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