I danced on the morning when the world was begun, I danced on the moon and the stars and the sun I came down from Heaven and I danced on the earth At Bethlehem I had my birth Chorus: Dance, then, wherever you may be For I am the Lord of the Dance said he And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be And I'll lead you all in the Dance said He. I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee, But they would not dance and they would not follow me; I danced for the fishermen, for James and John They came with me and the Dance went on. I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame; The holy people said it was a shame. They whipped and they stripped and they hung me on high And left me there on the cross to die I danced on a Friday when the sky turned black It's hard to dance with the Devil on your back They buried my body and they thought I'd gone But I am the Dance and I still go on.