Ellis Paul - Martha Graham lyrics

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She was a smart girl, young girl, loved to dance

In fact she did it every time she had the chance

She learned the moves, like …

Studied bale when she went to school

And she could pirouette, balance, she could jump and spin and …

But her soul felt lost, heart was lost

Like she was dancing inside of someone else’s box

So she arched her back, felt to the floor

Cause that’s what express the emotion more

Sometimes you gotta draw outside the line

Become the dance that’s inside your mind

Gotta dance, like Martha dance,

Like Martha dance, like Martha dance

Dance, like Martha dance,

Like Martha dance, like Martha dance

And then the day came, Martha started the school

She taught the dancers how to dance beyond the rules

World war 2, the great depression,

All could a part in her imagination

All the costumes, all the props

Were just another way to make the audience’s heart stop

These actors, dancers, part of the play

And Martha dance…could feel the day

All the heartache, all the joy

Expressing the moves of these girls and boys

If you could dance your fear, would you take the chance?

Cause that’s how Martha chose to dance

Gotta dance, like Martha dance,

Like Martha dance, like Martha dance

Dance, like Martha dance,

Like Martha dance, like Martha dance

[Guitar solo]

Gotta dance, like Martha dance,

Like Martha dance, like Martha dance

Dance, like Martha dance,

Like Martha dance, like Martha dance.