Falling Down

You've got to dance like the world

Is falling down around you

Because it is

Because it is

And if you're lucky enough that

Happiness has found you

You better get to dancing

As your way of saying thank you

For the spiderweb of electrical wires

And the patches of the grass that are still green

And the wind that blows

The dandelion seeds over everything

And the old brick building they haven't torn down yet

And the shade beneath the sycamore tree

And the stolen momentary lapse of reason

That convinced you to dance with me

You've got to dance like the world

Is falling down around you

Because it is

Because it is

And if you're lucky enough that

Happiness has found you

You better get to dancing

As your way of saying thank you

For the distant crumbling interstate lanes

Where the cars still somehow hum

And the cradle of what used to pass for culture

And the cave that we all crawled from

And the nervous hospital long since defunct

And the shade beneath the cell tower tree

And the accidental twisted fingers of fate

That placed you here with me

You've got to dance like the world

Is falling down around you

Because it is

Because it is

And if you're lucky enough that

Happiness has found you

You better get to dancing

As your way of saying thank you