Key: B
Introduction:
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On the banks of the Tennesee River
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In a small Kentucky Town
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I drew my first breath one cold, November mornin?,
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And before my feet even touched the ground,
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With the doctors and the nurses gathered round,
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I started to dance. Yeah, I started to dance.
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1 A little boy full of wide-eyed wonder,
2 the world beneath us spins in circles,_ and this
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1 footloose and fan-cy free
2 life makes us twist and turn and sway
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1 But it would happen as it does for every dancer that I?d
2 But we were made for more than rhythm with no reason by the
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1 find a longing deep inside of me. It said,
2 Dances over all that he has made.
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I am the heart, I need the heart beat, I am th eyes, I need the sight,
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I realize that I am just a body, I need the life.
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I move my feet, I go through the motions, but who?ll give purpose to chance?
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I am the dancer, I need the Lord of the Dance, yeah
Verse 2
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ending with Lord of the Dance
Yeah!