Dancing on the Wrong Side

DANCING ON THE WRONG SIDE
© Jim Molinelli

[Verse 1]
I kept their schedule and I punched their card
I drew their lines and built their work yard
Followed their instructions to the letter each day
Just running in place in their stripes of gray
They promised the world if we’d keep up the pace
But there’s no finish line in their pre-programmed race.

[Verse 2]
I sought out the boundaries sharp and clear
Felt lots of friction, pushed back at the fear
I took a running leap across that fabled line
And sullen gray gave way to sunshine.
I’m out in the open, their rules don't apply
Where free lives fly circles above their eye in the sky.

[Chorus]
No more pretense, forced to cower and hide
I’m fully alive, having found the wrong side
Are the rules right, if what’s wrong set me free?
Dancing on the wrong side is just right for me.

[Verse 3]
Spend a lifetime painting lines on floors,
Locking down windows and policing doors?
Such boundaries are phantoms built in the mind.
Leave burdens of fear and control far behind
Live free of that fog and the life that it hides
Cross over the line. Dance on the wrong side.

[Bridge]
No more containment, and no more keeping score
I crossed over that line and don't look back anymore
Let ‘em keep their rules, and the relentless pace
When you're free as a bird, you’ve no stake in that race.

[Chorus]
No more pretense, forced to cower and hide
I’m fully alive, having found the wrong side
Are the rules right, if what’s wrong set me free?
Dancing on the wrong side is just right for me.

[Outro]
What is wrong is right.
What is dark is light.
Free of their design.
Step across the line.
Cross over...
Cross over...

Dancing on the wrong side
Dancing on the wrong side
Dancing on the wrong side
Dancing on the wrong side