Shall We Dance

a single shot rang out in the street

and my heart grew still with fear

will this cold wind never cease?

will i make it through this year?

my father, he once told me:

boy, you're gonna learn some day

and something changed in me that evening

no brute force could ever sway

and my eyes are open wide

i've seen some things that might surprise

and all the ghosts i've chased across this land

won't leave my troubled mind

but there's a war playing out on tv

based on lies from those above

oh it should come as no surprise

i need your love

so if this wave breaks clean, shall we dance?

i will stomp and spin and scream

for every fumbled fuck-up plea i've made

oh the bitterness of youth

girl i fell out of this tree

and hit the ground, i skinned my knees

and somehow woke up in your apple cart

and it's where i want to stay

so if you're walking home, if you have to go

if you're wide awake, tossing to and fro

if this time you've gone for certain

and you're stranded in the blue

then i will tread in deepest oceans

pray this current takes me too

and my eyes are open wide

i've seen some things that might surprise

and all the ghosts i've chased across this land

won't leave my troubled mind

and there's a war on our front doorsteps

based on lies from those above

oh it should come as no surprise

i need your love

oh it should come as no surprise

oh it should come as no surprise

i need your love