For A Dancer — текст песни (Linda Ronstadt)

written by Jackson Browne
© Swallow Turn Music (ASCAP)

Keep the fire burning in your eyes
Pay attention to the open sky
You never know what will be coming down

I don`t remember losing track of you
You`re always dancing in and out of view
I must have thought you would always be around
Always keeping things real by playing the clown
Now you`re nowhere to be found

I don`t know what happens when people die
Can`t seem to grasp it as hard as I try
It`s like a song I hear playing right in my ear
But I can`t sing, I can`t help listening

I can`t help feeling stupid standing around
Crying is the easier down
Cause I know that you would rather we`d be dancing
Dancing our sorrow away
No matter what fate throws in your way

Just do the steps that you`ve been shown
By everyone you`ve ever known
Until the dance becomes your very own
No matter how close to yours
Another`s steps have grown
In the end there is one dance you`ll do alone

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
Just as easy it could all disappear
Along with whatever meaning you might have found
Don`t let the uncertainty turn you around
Go on and make a joyful sound

Into a dancer you have grown
From a seed somebody else has thrown
Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own
And somewhere between the time you arrive
And the time you go
May lie a reason you were alive
But you`ll never know