The World Was Dancing

Brown Jason Robert

"Tomorrow you'll be here my love 
Tomorrow we'll be one 
Tomorrow we can follow through 
On all that we've begun 
Tomorrow we'll be free my love 
We'll never be afraid"
Daddy bought a store out in Pittsburgh 
And he called his boss and quit 
And we tried to convince him 
The risk was too much 
But he still was convinced 
Of his own Midas Touch 
So he bought this piece of shit 
I packed up and went off to Princeton 
With a scholarship in hand 
Well, I'd call up my folks every weekend or so 
And I'd tell them how college was helping me grow 
Which was just what they had planned 
And then I met this girl named Amy 
With a smile as bright as day 
And while the Pirates beat the Orioles 
We fell in love and danced the night away 
"Tomorrow we'll be free my love 
We'll never be afraid"
And we were dancing 
The world was dancing 
Dancing 
Daddy lost his shirt out in Pittsburgh 
As my sophomore year rolled round 
Well he had hired some schmuck 
That he knew from the war 
And one weekend he left him 
In charge of the store 
And he burned it to the ground 
And then I met this girl named Lisa 
On a couch at Alpha-Mu 
But then she transferred to Macalester 
So it's just as well that Amy never knew 
"Tomorrow we'll be free my love 
We'll never be afraid"
And we were dancing 
The world was dancing 
Dancing 
Daddy got his job back that summer 
So he hid his pride and pain 
And they threw him a party 
And baked him a cake 
And they sent me a ticket 
To come winter break 
But I guess I missed the plane 
And since I'd spent so long with Amy 
We got ourselves engaged 
But then I thought 
I can't,
This can't be right 
Cause dreams get burned down overnight 
I wasn't quite prepared to choose,
To take that risk and maybe lose 
And since I couldn't tell her why 
I hit the road 
And never said goodbye 
"Tomorrow you'll be here my love 
Tomorrow we'll be one 
Tomorrow we can follow through 
On all that we've begun 
Tomorrow we'll be free me love 
We'll never be afraid"
And I was dancing 
And they were dancing 
The world was dancing 
Dancing