Celebrate Me

Celebrate Me (No Tears, Just Dance) My loves, come sit here by my chair The sun is low, I've braided my last hair Look at these hands – they've held you tight They've waved goodbye, they've turned out the light I've walked in rain with worn-out shoes I've danced on one good piece of news I've kissed the wrong lips, lost a few But every scar turned into something true Don't count the years I couldn't stay Count the mornings I laughed the dark away So don't you weep when I let go Put on that record, turn it up slow Shake the floor, spill the wine I'll be right there in the backbeat line Celebrate me – no tears, just dance I had my shot at the wild expanse I loved your father, I loved you twice Now let the music be my paradise My regrets fit in a thimble's cup I should've yelled less, stayed up more But oh, the nights I sang you to sleep That's a promise I knew how to keep I never made a million, never climbed a hill But I watched you learn to walk, I watched you stand still And that's a fortune no bank can hold – A story made of hands to hold So when the doctor pulls the final chart Don't gather darkness – gather every dancing heart So don't you weep when I let go Put on that record, turn it up slow Shake the floor, spill the wine I'll be right there in the backbeat line Celebrate me – no tears, just dance I had my shot at the wild expanse I loved your father, I loved you twice Now let the music be my paradise I'm not a ghost before I'm gone I'm just a song that's moving on The body tires, but the beat stays young Sing my name with a silver tongue Raise a glass for the breath I took For every corner of my crooked luck I'll be the echo in your tambourine The funkiest memory you've ever seen