Promenade Lyrics

Promenade lyrics

"When the dancers took to the promenade 
Well my heart leapt high

And I was unafraid 
Of the feeling I'd stifled for so many years

Tell me how do you 
How do you feel 

Well the band took their
places and got all in tune 
And then the caller's voice 
Well it rang out
beneath the moon 
And then the boys took their girls and they started to reel

And they were singin' how do you ~ how do you feel 

And then the
people in the town said that they'd call the police 
If we didn't keep down
all this disturbin' their peace 
And Officer Black you know he answered
their pleas 
And he ran up on the hill just to see 

Well he hid in
the bushes just a stone's throw away 
And then we all saw this change comin'
over his face 
But he was bouncin' to the beat and started hoppin' on his
heels 
Singin' how do you do ~ how do you feel 

And then the
townspeople asked him if he'd make some arrests 
Could they find peace and
quiet so they could go back to bed 
He said if it's peace that you want,
you're gonna find it on the hill 
But the silence that you keep is the
silence that kills 

So the townspeople all got so uptight and mad

You know they fired him on the spot 
And then they threw away his badge

Then they asked him to leave and he said gladly I will 
They said tell
us now how do you feel 

He said when the dancers took to the promenade

Well my heart leapt high and I was unafraid 
Of the feeling I'd stifled
for so many years 
Tell me how do you ~ how do you feel"