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Dancing Is Not A Crime Lyrics by Tom Snow

Footloose (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

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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
Credits

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