Id Rather Be Dancing

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You know i was always the one 
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I could never stand idly by 
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And watch while the bullies beat up on the weaker ones 
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I had to do something to try 
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And i never gave up on people 
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That we could be better somehow 
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Morality’s compass, you gave it to me 
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I still follow it now 



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Well, i couldn’t stop thinking about it 
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I couldn’t get it out of my mind 
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The pictures, the stories, the plight of the people 
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In occupied palestine 
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How my government makes me complicit 
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With the political aid that they send 
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So i packed up my bags and i headed to rafa 
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To work with the ism 


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And i’d rather be dancing, dancing and falling in love 
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But if i just can just watch from a distance then what am i made of 



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Mama these people are so good to me 
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They treat me like one of their own 
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They feed me and see to my needs 
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And let me sleep in their home 
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Papa their lives are so hard 
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The gun shots night 
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The road blocks, the strip searches, the humiliations 
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Papa it just isn’t right 



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I can feel my privilege around me 
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It’s there in my american face 
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I could wave my passport around like a flag 
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And i would be safe in this place 
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For these child soldiers of israel 
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They look like the boys back home 
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And if it wasn’t for american money 
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They’d have to leave these people alone 


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And i’d rather be dancing, dancing to pat benatar 
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But somebody has to do somethin’ about it and here we are 



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The tractors are coming today 
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They’re like tanks with bulldozer blades 
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The name on the side says caterpillar 
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That means they’re american made 
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Well, i am american too 
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And i’ll be where everybody can see 
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So if they want to run over these houses today 
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They’re gonna have to run over me 



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It’s dangerous takin’ a stand 
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But it’s dangerous running away 
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Sometimes you have to face up to the danger 
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There is just no other way 
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For there are such beautiful dreams 
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I have seen the eyes of a child 
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And if i can just make one little difference 
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Then i think my life is worth while 

Outro 

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And i’d rather be dancing, but instead i’m saying goodbye 
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But we’ll meet again when it’s over, don’t cry 

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And i’d rather be dancing, and surely we’d all rather be 
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And one day we’ll dance in a world that’s peaceful and free