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I'm gonna walk right up to heaven dodging lightning and rods<br>
He jumped out the window 'cause he couldn't sit still
I'm gonna have this very personal conversation with God<br>
 
I'll say "You've got the information why don't you say so?"<br>
Juliet was waiting with a safety net
He'll say "Well I've been around and I still don't know"<br>
 
He said "Don't bury me 'cause I'm not dead yet"
 
 
 
 
Chorus:
 
Why don't you tell me 'bout the mystery dance
 
I wanna know about the mystery dance
 
Why don't you show me 'cause I've tried and I've tried,
 
and I'm still mystified
 
I can't do it anymore and I'm not satisfied
 
 
 
 
Well I remember when the lights went out
 
And I was tryin' to make it look like it was never in doubt
 
She thought that I knew, and I thought that she knew,
 
So both of us were willing, but we didn't know how to do it
 
 
 
 
(chorus)
 
 
 
 
Well I was down under the covers in the middle of the night,
 
Tryin' to discover my left foot from my right
 
You can see those pictures in any magazine
 
But what's the use of looking when you don't know what they mean
 
 
 
 
(chorus)
 
 
 
 
I'm gonna walk right up to heaven dodging lightning & rods
 
I'm gonna have this very personal conversation with god
 
I said "You've got the information why don't you say so?"
 
He said "Well I've been around and I still don't know"
 
 
 
 
(chorus)
 
 
 
 
I can't do it anymore and I'm not satisfied (repeats)

Latest revision as of 15:32, 16 October 2021

lyrics for
Mystery Dance

I'm gonna walk right up to heaven dodging lightning and rods
I'm gonna have this very personal conversation with God
I'll say "You've got the information why don't you say so?"
He'll say "Well I've been around and I still don't know"

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