Footloose - Dancing Is Not A Crime (Key: OR Gmin)

Title: Dancing Is Not A Crime
Format: MP3 Backing Track - Instrumental - Karaoke
Created in the style of: Footloose
Genre: Movie, Musical & Soundtrack
Language: English
Era: 1980s; 2000s
Key: OR Gmin
Backing vocals: No
More info: Footloose tells the story of an upbeat Chicago teen who moves to a small town in which, as a result of the efforts of a local minister, dancing and rock music have been banned.
Lyrics: Yes
 
Dancing is not a crime
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, ever since the dawn of time
If anything
Everybody had the right to howl at the moon
And to move all night
Ah-ooo
Move all night

When folks were tribal
Back before the Bible
They were liable to dance
When the crops came in
Or they'd pull out all the stops
When the earth would spin
Or maybe
What?
They had a battle to win
So they'd go thumpin' on a tree trunk
Grooving to the free funk
Yeah!
And just like that
In nothin' flat
There'd be hands clappin'
Toes tappin', feet flappin'
Dogs yappin'
Hey, I coulda told you that would happen

They would dance
Every time they had the chance
Whatever the season or circumstance
They found a reason to throw a party in their pants
And they'd dance
Wow!
They would dance
Yeah, dance
Yeah!
They would dance
Oh, dance
Dance
They would dance
Yeah, dance
Dance
They would dance
 
We're cool

So if you've heard about Adam and Abraham
You will remember this guy from the Book of Samuel
David
Y'know, Kind David
Dave
He make a science outta knockin' out giants
The bigger they come the harder they fall
He didn't like math or geography, but
Check this out: He loved choreography

Careful, Ren
There's a law
Now what were you saying to Reverend Shaw?

Right here, in black and white
Says he was "leaping and dancing
with all of his might"
Leaping and dancing in front of his Lord
But David wasn't doing it for some reward
No, no, no, no
It might sound odd
But David thought it brought him closer to God

So he would dance
Hal-le-lu
Every time he had the chance
Whatever the season or circumstance
He found a reason to throw a party in his pants
And he'd dance
Par-tay!
He would dance
So dancing doesn't always make you do nasties
Look at the Book of Ecclesiastes
Okay
There's a time to laugh
A time to weep
Boo-hoo
There's a time to plant
A time to reap
And there's a time to dance to dance
It says it right here
Right here
Man doth dance
And it was good

And if the Bible tells me so
Then what have I got to fear?
Got no fear
We only wanna kick our heels
And I betcha ev'ry one of you knows how that feels
I betcha do
They do
Uh huh
I betcha do
They say they don't
But we know they do
People been dancing since God knows when
And that's the way it should be again

So let's dance
Hal-le-lu
Ev'ry time we get the chance
Let's dance
Whatever the season or circumstance
Find a reason to throw that party in your pants
So let's dance
Amen
Let's dance dance dance dance
Whatever the season
Or reason
It's pleasin'
To dance
 
Composer: TOM SNOW/DEAN PITCHFORD