D G Keep a fire burning in your eye D G Pay attention to the open sky D G D A You never know what will be coming down D G I donʼt remember losing track of you D G You were always dancing in and out of view D G D A I mustʼve thought youʼd always be around Bm G D Always keeping things real by playing the clown A Now youʼre nowhere to be found D G D A D G I donʼt know what happens when people die D G Canʼt seem to grasp it as hard as I try G D G Itʼs like a song I can hear playing right in my ear D A That I canʼt sing - I canʼt help listening D G And I canʼt help feeling stupid standing ʼround D G Crying as they ease you down D G D ʼCause I know that youʼd rather we were dancing A Bm Dancing our sorrow away G Right on dancing D A No matter what fate chooses to play D Thereʼs nothing you can do about it anyway G D Just do the steps that youʼve been shown G D A By everyone youʼve ever known Bm D7 Until the dance becomes your very own G A No matter how close to yours Bm G Anotherʼs steps have grown D A In the end there is one dance youʼll do alone D G D A Keep a fire for the human race Let your prayers go drifting into space You never know what will be coming down Perhaps a better world is drawing near And just as easily it could all disappear Along with whatever meaning you might have found Bm G D Donʼt let the uncertainty turn you around The world keeps turning around and around A D Go on and make a joyful sound G D Into a dancer you have grown G D A From a seed somebody else has thrown Bm D7 G Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own G A Bm And somewhere between the time you arrive G And the time you go D A May lie the reason you were alive But youʼll never know D G D A D A D