Ritual Dance

The Great War
 1-9-1-4
 Out on the floor getting hot
 We were dancing the foxtrot
 Oh! we didn't know it was a funeral dance
 And a whole generation didn't know it was a last chance
 And on the Eve of Armageddon
 Back in those days in '37
 We were swinging to the big bands
 It was a Ritual Dance
 When you push to the edge
 And you're out of your head
 You just dance
 When it all comes down
 When you're losing ground
 When the only way out is to get lost in the crowd
 You just dance
 When the sky turns red
 When you're left for dead
 When the whole world seems to go out of its head
 You just dance
 When I was young in '81
 The Red Tide
 Was coming on
 We were finished with disco and doing the Apocalypse Dance
 When you're waiting for the bomb and you're trying to get on
 You just dance
 The situation is hostile
 Resistance is futile
 So just dance
 When you're pushed to the edge
 And you're out of your head
 You just dance
 When it all comes down
 When you're losing ground
 When the only way out is to get lost in the crowd
 You just dance
 When the sky turns red
 When you're left for dead
 When the whole world seems to go out of it's head
 You just dance
 We all know the song
 And we all know the way that it ends
 We all sing along
 And the band plays it over again...
 When you're waiting for the bomb and you're trying to get on
 You just dance
 When you're pushed to the edge
 And you're out of your head
 You just dance
 When it all comes down
 When you're losing ground
 When the only way out is to get lost in the crowd
 You just dance
 When the sky turns red
 When you're left for dead
 When the whole world seems to go out of it's head
 You just dance
 We all know the song
 And we all know the way that it ends
 We all sing along
 And the band plays it over again...