Dance me darling around Palace Square Along the river banks glistening white Pass the bottle cause the cellar’s almost bare We’ll get to business when we finish all the wine
Dance me darling along the canal Kiss me by the walls of the fortress gates Strip the gold off, pull the plaques from the walls Rename the streets, build the monuments again
And so it goes, a city overthrown We’ve never known anything quite like this What’s theirs is ours is theirs What’s mine is yours is mine
So rise! Raise the glasses high And gather by the balcony We’ll paint the whole town red and proudly drink to the fallen elite of 1917
Dance me darling until the night Over the bridges where the edges glow bright We’ll sketch the moment, or frame it in our hands Saying “This is my city, this city is mine”
And so it goes, a city overthrown We’ve never known anything quite like this What’s theirs is ours is theirs What’s mine is yours is mine
So rise! Raise the glasses high And gather by the balcony We’ll paint the whole town red and proudly drink to the fallen elite of 1917
And so it goes, a city overthrown We’ve never known anything quite like this What’s theirs is ours is theirs What’s mine is yours is mine
So rise! Raise the glasses high And gather by the balcony We’ll paint the whole town red and proudly drink to the fallen elite of 1917
And I will sing for her, my love songs true All my words for her, a place I swore I knew Of fields, of streams, villages gleaming, A sun spread flat that combs The land of rye and flax, and I Will sing for her and you
And so it goes, a city overthrown We’ve never known anything quite like this What’s theirs is ours is theirs What’s mine is yours is mine
So rise! Raise the glasses high And gather by the balcony We’ll paint the whole town red and proudly drink to the fallen elite of 1917