(claude s.)



(my affection is the focus of it all)



(beat of life)

(beat of life)



(beat of life)



(did you know that i felt you move apart?)







She says to me,

"do you know

That i've felt you move apart?"

Then i say,

"imagination is a silly game we play."



And then i stare into her eyes

Think and stop to realize

That this is more than she could hope to know

And she said...



She says,

"do you dance, do you dance

To the beat of life?"

She says,

"do you dance, do you dance

To the beat of life?"

(beat of life...)



I call her house

I get an answer on the damned machine again...

She's out too late

And not a call to tell me where she'll be tonight...



And then i start to think and realize

The way she acts is only part

Of a violent game we have to play

I fear...



She says,

"do you dance, do you dance

To the beat of life?"

She says,

"do you dance, do you dance

To the beat of life?"

(beat of life...)



She says,

"do you dance, do you dance

To the beat of life?"



Here we go

(my affection is the focus of it all)



I say to her,

"why can't you see that we evade the fall?"

She says to me,

That her affection is the focus of it all



And then i take her in my arms

And it seems to go away...

That sickening feeling that i always cultivate



When she says,

"do you dance, do you dance

To the beat of life?"

(repeat to end)