Everybody Was Dancing

She runs right up to the very edge

Then takes a step back to clear her head

She got married at twenty-one

After thirty years, itÔÇÖs hard to jump

ItÔÇÖs hard to jump



Everybody was dancing on their wedding day

All her friends have been asking

ÔÇŁWhy would you throw it away?ÔÇŘ

And she doesnÔÇÖt know what to say



He is watching from back in his chair

Wondering if sheÔÇÖs bluffing, if itÔÇÖs a dare

HeÔÇÖd like to tell her they can work it out

But the tender words won't come out

They won't come out



Everybody was dancing on their wedding day

All her friends have been asking

ÔÇŁWhy would you throw it away?ÔÇŘ

And she doesnÔÇÖt know what to say



She feels the terror most when she looks down

She drops a penny and doesnÔÇÖt hear a sound

And yet the silence in her own home

Begs the question ÔÇŁWhy not be alone?ÔÇŘ

Why not alone



Everybody was dancing on their wedding day

And to herself sheÔÇÖs asking

ÔÇŁWhy do I stay?ÔÇŘ

And she doesnÔÇÖt know what to say