Never Forget How To Dance - Sarah Jane Morris

Sarah Jane Morris
Never Forget How To Dance
It's been a long time coming
These feet have been confined
To a bare cell on death row
Yes my sentence was unkind
21 years in a prison cell
For something I didn't do
When no-one in the country believes you
There is nothing you can do
But I never forgot how to dance
No I never forgot how to dance
And if I ever got me another chance
I'd show the world how to dance
They battered all my ugly bones
They bashed out my good teeth
And in my cell over many nights
A cacophony of grief
I did all my best to cope
As the best years passed me by
But I never gave up any hope
That folks would hear my cry
No I never forgot how to dance
No I never forgot how to dance
And if I ever got me another chance
I'd show the world how to dance
Well this day has come to pass
Where the truth has overwhelmed
The lies of this bent justice
An innocent life condemned
And still some folk they doubt me
Yes they would have their day
When I'd be strapped down in that chair
The lying bastards would have their way
But I never forgot how to dance
No I never forgot how to dance
If I ever got me another chance
I'd show the hold d**n world how to dance