Dance To My Song Lyrics - Steppenwolf

Words and music by John Kay 

And we carried him down the hollow 

Where we laid his kind soul down to rest 

Then we sang until the dawn just to him memory 

And found these words to be his last requestâ?¦ 

When my time draws nigh stay near me 

And when I die will you dance to my song 

When I'm gone won't you come and cheer me 

On my journey back home where I belong 

Now how could he know 

Just where he would go 

And what did he see that made him run so free 

And why do I feel, that's he's far away and right beside me still 

In the night somebody touched me 

And the sea rolled out his name 

While I thought of all our times together 

His echo keeps callin' back againâ?¦ 

When my time draws nigh stay near me 

And when I die will you dance to my song 

When I'm gone won't you come and cheer me 

On my journey back home where I belong 

And we carried him down the hollow 

Where we laid his kind soul down to rest 

Then we sang until the dawn just to him memory 

And found these words to be his last requestâ?¦ 

When my time draws nigh stay near me 

And when I die will you dance to my song 

When I'm gone won't you come and cheer me 

On my journey back home where I belong 

Now how could he know 

Just where he would go 

And what did he see that made him run so free 

And why do I feel, that's he's far away and right beside me still 

In the night somebody touched me 

And the sea rolled out his name 

While I thought of all our times together 

His echo keeps callin' back againâ?¦ 

When my time draws nigh stay near me 

And when I die will you dance to my song 

When I'm gone won't you come and cheer me 

On my journey back home where I belong 

© 1973 Black Leather Music, Inc. (BMI)