You Can Find Me Dancing

You can find me dancing Not because I can dance But just to make others smile And if you ask me Are you alright? I shall answer on my good days Of course! And on my bad days I will say Of course! Because dancing Makes me feel better! You can find me dancing Sometimes in my house But mostly When I go out And have nothing better to do When others look at me I will smile and wave As though I know them And I will ask them all Would you like to dance? You can find me dancing Down the streets Around all the corners Past the old grocery store Where I buy my beer and cigarettes You can find me dancing On the old cobblestone streets When as a child I danced with my friends Like a whirling Dervish Until I went home exhausted And laid down In my childhood bed And dreamed About days to come But today Today is different Today I am old But it doesn’t matter You can still find me dancing Yes Still dancing With all my might Past the children Who point and laugh Saying… he must be crazy Past the people On their way to work Who look on in amazement Saying to each other Poor old man You can find me dancing For all the times I didn’t dance Or never danced Or could have danced Or should have danced Or might have danced Or thought of dancing Or was asked to dance, but didn’t You can find me dancing And when the Grim Reaper comes To take me home Well… he too will find me dancing Dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing And together We will dance To that place Where all my dancing Began