《We Dance》歌词

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

[00:00:05] Lyricist：Lynn Ahrens

[00:00:10] Composer：Stephen Flaherty

[00:00:16] Arranger：Stephen Flaherty

[00:00:21] Producer：Jay David Saks

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:00:48] The grands hommes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:01:40] Agwe God of Water

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:02:11] We dance

[00:02:14] We dance

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

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

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

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

[00:02:37] We dance

[00:02:39] We dance

[00:02:42] To their everchanging moods

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:03:15] Our feet move along

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

[00:03:21] We dance

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

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

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

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

[00:03:34] They drink champagne

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

[00:03:39] And tell their servants

[00:03:40] Polish up the Mercedes

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

[00:03:45] Two different worlds

[00:03:48] Never meant to meet

[00:03:51] The peasants labor

[00:03:54] The grands hommes eat

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

[00:03:59] How fast we drive

[00:04:02] We dance at parties

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

[00:04:08] We dance

[00:04:11] We dance

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

[00:04:19] But plant the seed

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

[00:04:22] And chop the cane

[00:04:25] And bear the child

[00:04:26] And bear the load

[00:04:27] And bear the pain

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

[00:04:32] To their own refrain

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

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

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

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

[00:04:48] Our feet move along

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

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

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

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

[00:05:04] Two different worlds

[00:05:06] Ooh la

[00:05:07] Never meant to meet

[00:05:09] Ooh la

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

[00:05:13] We dance

[00:05:16] We dance

[00:05:19] We dance