Marc Cohn — Dance Back From the Grave

[Verse 1] I used to wake up every morning saying "I must be getting away with something here" Every day was like parole Before the levees overflowed And 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 trees? How long before they walk down along Lake Ponchartrain With the smell of just magnolia on the breeze? Yeah I've seen people laughing All the way down to the cemeteries Just to send another soul off on its way Yeah I've seen 'em dance Right up to the edge of it But this time they're gonna dance back from the grave [Chorus] Dance back Dance back Dance back Dance back from the grave [Verse 2] Well a thousand souls crossed over And they were greeted by an all-star band And while the saints go marchin' in There's still hell to pay back down in Dixieland Yeah the storms are headed south again And the hour is getting pretty late Somebody better build that levee It's already Mardi Gras at Heavens gate (Yeah) [Chorus] Dance back Dance back Dance back Dance back from the grave Dance back Dance back Get your tambourines, slide trombones And dance back from the grave Oh yeah Ooh yeah Ooh yeah [Verse 3] So don't shed a tear for them tonight As they circle and swoop and promenade They're just carrying their torches And marching in a heavenly parade No 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 save From the Ninth Ward to the Quarter To the Mississippi border Dance back from the grave [Chorus] Dance back Dance back Dance back Dance back from the grave Dance back Dance back Get your tambourines, slide trombones And dance back from the grave Oh yeah Oh yeah Get your tambourines, slide trombones And dance back from the grave