Jackson Browne
For a Dancer
[Verse 1]
Keep a fire burning in your eyes
Pay attention to the open skies
You never know what will be coming down
I don't remember losing track of you
Always dancing in and out of view
I must've thought you'd always be around
Always keeping things real by playing the clown
Now you're nowhere to be found
[Chorus]
Into a dancer you have grown
From a seed somebody else has sown
Go on ahead and grow some seeds of your own
And somewhere between the time you arrive
And the time you go
May lie a reason you were alive
But you'll never know
[Verse 2]
I can't help feeling stupid standing 'round
Crying as they ease you down
'Cause I know that you'd rather we were dancing
Dancing our sorrow away
(Right on dancing)
No matter what fate chosen you to play
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Always keeping things real by playing the clown
Now you're nowhere to be found
Keep a fire for the human race
Let your prayers go dancing into space
I never know what will be coming down
Go on and make a joyful sound
[Chorus]
Into a dancer you have grown
From a seed somebody else has sown
Go on ahead and grow some seeds of your own
And somewhere between the time you arrive
And the time you go
May lie a reason you were alive
But you'll never know
You'll never know