Marc Cohn - Dance Back From The Grave Lyrics
I used to wake up every morning saying I must be getting away with something hereEvery day was like parole before the levees overflowed; I refuse to think it could all just disappear (I refuse to think)How long before the street car rattles down St. Charles Avenue and beads swing from two hundred year old treesHow long before they walk down long Lake Pontratrain with the smell of just magnolia on the breezeYeah I've seen people laughing all the way down to the cemeteries just to send another soul off on its wayYeah I've seen them dance right up to the edge of itBut this time their gonna dance back from the graveDance backDance backDance backDance back from the graveWell a thousand souls crossed over and they were greeted by an all-star bandAnd while the saints go marching in there's still hell to pay back down in Dixie LandYeah the storms are headed south again and the hour's getting pretty lateSomebody better build that levee its already Mardi Gras at heavens gate (yeah)Dance backDance backDance backDance back from the graveDance backDance backGet your tambourines, slide trombonesAnd danceÂ… back from the graveOh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeahSo don't shed a tear for them tonight as they circle and swoop and promenadeThey're just carrying their torches and marching in a heavenly paradeNo don't shed a tear but take their cue there's only one thing left to do in the name of every soul we didn't saveFrom the ninth ward to the quarter to the Mississippi border dance back from the graveDance backDance backDance backDance back from the graveDance backDance backGet your tambourines, slide trombonesAnd danceÂ… back from the graveOh yeah, oh yeahGet your tambourines, slide trombonesAnd danceÂ… back from the grave
