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Who Will Dance

from A Twist in the Story by Anne Lister

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For my dear friend Viv, who had to deal with bereavement through suicide three times over, and whose resilience richly deserves a song.

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Who will dance with me now, my lover, now my lover, now my lover
Who will dance with me now, my lover
Now my lover has gone?

I won’t look in the mirror to see what he saw
I won’t follow the silver path left on the floor
I won’t see life as he saw it before
Now my lover has gone.

Who will dance with me now, my brother, now my brother, now my brother
Who will dance with me now, my brother
Now my brother has gone?

The steps after midnight are harder to trace
The way he has danced out of time into grace
I can’t follow the journey he made from this place
Now my brother has gone.

Who will dance with me now, my child, now my child, now my child
Who will dance with me now, my child
Now my child has gone?

Love is a gift given free with no strings
You flew to the sun on your pair of wax wings
And I hear the sound that the mountain wind sings
Now my child has gone.

Will you dance with me now, my sister, now my sister, now my sister
Will you dance with me now, my sister
Now I’m here alone
And oh, if you love me, my sister, my friends
You’ll dance close beside me till this music ends
Nothing can be broken which will never mend
Now my lover has gone. Now my brother has gone. Now my child has gone.

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from A Twist in the Story, released April 29, 2022
Mike O'Connor - fiddle
Matt Crum - sax and keyboads.

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Anne Lister Wales, UK

Anne is best known for her song "Icarus", recorded and performed by a number of different singers, including Martin Simpson and Nic Jones. "Astrolabe" is her ninth solo album.

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