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We can dance if we want to, we can (Bb)leave your friends be hind.
’Cause your friends don’t dance, and if they don’t dance, well, (C)they’re no friends of mine.
Say, we can go where we want to, a place that (Bb)they will nev er find.
And we can act like we come from out of this world, leave the (C)real one far be hind.
And we can (F)dance.
We can go when we want to, the night is (Bb)young and so am I.
And we can dress as real a neat it, from our (Bb)hats er to our feet, it, and sur (C)prise them with the vic to ry cry.
Say, we can act if we want to, if we (Bb)don’t, no bod y will.
And you can act real rude or to tal ly re moved, and I can (C)act like an im be cile.
Say, we can dance, we can dance, (Db)ev ’ry thing’s out of con trol.
We can dance, we can dance, they’re (Db)do ing it from pole to pole.
We can dance, we can dance, (Db)ev ’ry bod y look at your hands.
We can dance, we can dance, (Db)ev ’ry bod y’s tak en the chance.
Ah.
Safe ty dance.
Oh, safe ty dance.
Yes, safe ty dance.
This page shows “The Safety Dance” by Men Without Hats in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 96 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.