Dance With Me - Lyrics - Janis Ian

Janis Ian is an American songwriter, singer, musician, columnist and science fiction author. Ian first entered the folk music scene while still a teenager in the mid-1960s. Most active musically in that decade and the 1970s, she has continued recording into the 21st century. She has won two Grammy Awards, the first in 1975 for her song "At Seventeen", and the second in 2013 for Best Spoken Word Album, for her autobiography, Society's Child .

And when the war was over I went dancing in the streets With the corpse of my dead brother To the sacrificial beat The Boy Scouts and the Legionnaires Came home from overseas Singing Glory Hallelujah! To the swank Gestapo beat Hallelujah, hallelujah I've never been In the whole of my life An intelligent sacrifice Hallelujah, hallelujah Give me a reason To go on believing And I'm ready To pay the price I heard of a plan In the president's mansion (High up in the sky) It called for a sacrifice And my brother paid the price Sent him home in a bag, The American flag Was draped around the box And the coffin lid was locked And the note said Thanks a lot Come and dance with me Come and dance with me I'm home from overseas I'm a corpse up to my knees Celebrate the victory Do you want to dance And hold me tight? I'm feeling most diseased And I need your company Come and dance Come and dance, come and dance I'm home from overseas And I need your company Celebrate the victory Would you like to dance And hold me tight? I'm feeling most diseased But I'm easier to please Come and dance, come and dance