《We Dance》歌词

歌曲： We Dance

所属专辑：Celebrate Broadway Vol. 9: Gotta Dance

歌手： Once on This Island Ensem

时长： 05:27

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We Dance - Once on This Island Ensemble[00:00:00]

Lyricist：Lynn Ahrens[00:00:05]

Composer：Stephen Flaherty[00:00:10]

Arranger：Stephen Flaherty[00:00:16]

Producer：Jay David Saks[00:00:21]

There is an island where rivers run deep[00:00:27]

Where the sea sparkling in the sun[00:00:32]

Earns it the name Jewel of the Antilles[00:00:35]

An island where the poorest of peasants labor[00:00:38]

And the wealthiest of grands hommes play[00:00:41]

Two different worlds on one island[00:00:44]

The grands hommes[00:00:48]

With their pale brown skins and their French ways[00:00:49]

Owners of the land and masters of their own fates[00:00:52]

And the peasants black as night[00:00:56]

Eternally at the mercy of the wind and the sea[00:00:58]

Who pray constantly to the gods[00:01:02]

Asaka grow me a garden[00:01:07]

Please Agwe don't flood my garden[00:01:13]

Erzulie who will my love be[00:01:18]

Papa Ge don't come around me[00:01:24]

Aah such powerful such temperamental gods rule our island[00:01:32]

Asaka Mother of the Earth[00:01:37]

Agwe God of Water[00:01:40]

Erzulie beautiful Goddess of Love[00:01:42]

And Papa Ge sly Demon of Death[00:01:45]

Asaka grow me a garden[00:01:51]

Please Agwe don't flood my garden[00:01:53]

Erzulie who will my love be[00:01:56]

Papa Ge don't come around me[00:01:58]

Please Agwe don't flood my garden[00:02:01]

Asaka grow me a garden[00:02:04]

We dance[00:02:11]

We dance[00:02:14]

To the music of the gods[00:02:16]

The music of the breezes through the green plantain[00:02:21]

The murmur of the river and the roar of rain[00:02:27]

And if the gods decide to send a hurricane[00:02:32]

We dance[00:02:37]

We dance[00:02:39]

To their everchanging moods[00:02:42]

We know the gods are happy when the green things grow[00:02:47]

They're angry when the river starts to overflow[00:02:52]

And since we never know which way their winds will blow[00:02:57]

We dance to the earth[00:03:03]

We dance to the water[00:03:05]

The gods awake and we take no chance[00:03:08]

Our hearts hear the song[00:03:13]

Our feet move along[00:03:15]

And to the music of the gods[00:03:17]

We dance[00:03:21]

On the other side of this island[00:03:23]

Safe behind high walls and iron gates[00:03:25]

The grands hommes dance to a different tune[00:03:28]

La la la la la la la la[00:03:32]

They drink champagne[00:03:34]

Entertain tourists at their fine hotels[00:03:36]

And tell their servants[00:03:39]

Polish up the Mercedes[00:03:40]

La la la la la la la la[00:03:43]

Two different worlds[00:03:45]

Never meant to meet[00:03:48]

The peasants labor[00:03:51]

The grands hommes eat[00:03:54]

How fine our clothes are[00:03:57]

How fast we drive[00:03:59]

We dance at parties[00:04:02]

While we are dancing just to stay alive[00:04:04]

We dance[00:04:08]

We dance[00:04:11]

What else is there to do[00:04:14]

But plant the seed[00:04:19]

And pull the w**d[00:04:20]

And chop the cane[00:04:22]

And bear the child[00:04:25]

And bear the load[00:04:26]

And bear the pain[00:04:27]

And as the rich go racing[00:04:30]

To their own refrain[00:04:32]

We dance to the earth[00:04:35]

We dance to the water[00:04:37]

The gods awake and we take no chance[00:04:41]

Our hearts hear the song[00:04:45]

Our feet move along[00:04:48]

And to the music of the gods[00:04:50]

We dance to the earth[00:04:53]

We dance to the water[00:04:56]

The gods awake and we take no chance[00:04:59]

Two different worlds[00:05:04]

Ooh la[00:05:06]

Never meant to meet[00:05:07]

Ooh la[00:05:09]

But if the gods move our feet[00:05:09]

We dance[00:05:13]

We dance[00:05:16]

We dance[00:05:19]