Time of the Dance



    She could hear those words of her mama still
    The talk of the ways and the always will be's
    She'd laugh at the time and pretend to be free
    But she'd never run far from the legacy
    She's trying the wind like the crack of a whip
    She places her fingertips up to her lips
    She thinks of a feeling that she can't quite recall
    And a few days when she'd been ahead of it all
    She stepped past the clocks
    She stepped high and wide
    Strong and true to the other side
    Kickin' away all the mud from her heels
    To the time of the dance
    To the second chance
    To the dust and the hours passed under the wheels
    Oh she stepped to the time of the dance
    She says sometimes being a husband and wife
    Feels like a fight against natural life
    And that there is no bigger chain on your soul
    And you're always dancing out in the cold
    Sometimes the light hits the side of his face
    And it fills up your heart like a soft embrace
    She knows that the struggle is more than a day
    More than the words that her mama could say
    Well they stepped past the clocks
    They stepped high and wide
    Strong and true to the other side
    Kicking away all the mud from their heels
    To the time of the time
    To the second chance
    To the dust and the hours passed under the wheels
    Oh they stepped to the time of the dance
    She said turn off the tv
    Hush all the sound
    All you can hear is the rain
    Just slip out the doorway
    And let the rain fall down
    Steal all the light brushing back to our ?????
    Well we'll step past the clocks
    Step high and wide
    Strong and true to the other side
    Kicking away all the mud from their heels
    To the time of the dance
    The second chance
    Til the dust and the hours passed under the wheels
    We'll step to the time of the dance
    Oh we'll step to the time of the dance

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