You Can Dance

 

C

If you can walk, you can dance

C

If you can move, you can stand

              F                    

If you can talk, you can sing

G                   C

Let it be, naturally

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F                              G                               C

You’ve known it from before your time had come

F                         G                  C

The heart is beating rhythms like a drum

F                 G                   C

Calling calling calling out your name

F                                  G

Music’s flowing inside your veins

 

F                            G                C

Sometimes things can get into your way

F               G                        C

Interrupting how you choose to play

F                      G                       C

Could it be you’re thinking much too much?

F                                      G

Let the music get you back in touch.

 

F                          G                       C

Can’t be too big, too slow, can’t be too tall

F                          G                      C

Can’t be too old, too shy, can’t be too small

F                                G                C

Don’t be concerned what other people say

F                                               G

And get your worried self out of the way

 

Production Details:

The chorus of this song lends itself to call and response in the first 3 of 4 lines. The younger students who are dancing sing the verse, the choral section echoes it.

Verses can be sung by all, or by selected students (non-actors okay).

 

Staging:

This will be a large group of younger students singing and dancing. It will be choreographed.

 

Musically:  Key of C

This is the first song of the dance party. We want it to feel engaging. We want enough volume from the singers to allow a pulsing, reggae style beat throughout the song.