Modern Dance

Maybe I should go and live in Amsterdam in a side-street near a big canal
Spend my evenings in the Van Gogh Museum, what a dream, Van Gogh Museum
Maybe it's time to see Tangiers, a different lifestyle, some different fears
And maybe I should be in Edinburgh, in a kilt in Edinburgh doin' a modern dance, doin' a modern dance
Or maybe I should get a farm in southern France where the winds are wispy and the villagers dance
You and I, we'd sleep beneath a moon, moon in June and sleep till noon
And maybe you and I could fall in love, regain the spirit that we once had, you'd let me hold you and touch the night that shines so bright, so bright with fright
Doin' a modern dance, doin' a modern dance
Shit, maybe I could go to Yucatan where women are women, a man's a man
Ah, no one confused, ever loses place with their place in the human race
Maybe I'm not cut out for city life, the smell of exhaust, the smell of strife
Maybe you don't wanna be a wife, it's not a life, being a wife
Doin' a modern dance, doin' a modern dance
So maybe I should go to Tanganyika where the rivers run down mountains tall and steep
Or go to India to study chants and lose romance to a mantra's dance
I need a guru, I need some law explain to me the things we saw
And why it always comes to this, it's all downhill after the first kiss
Maybe I should move to Rotterdam, maybe move to Amsterdam
I should move to Ireland, Italy, Spain, Afghanistan, where there is no rain
Or maybe I should just learn a modern dance where roles are shifting
In modern dance, you never touch, you don't know who you're with this week, this month, this time of year
This week, this month, this time of year
Doin' a modern dance
You don't know who you're with - modern dance!
I can move to Pakistan, go to Afghanistan - dance
You don't know who you're with - dance
You don't know who you're with in modern dance
And maybe you don't want to be a wife, it's not a life being a wife
Doin' a modern dance
You never touch, you don't know you're with - dance
Modern dance, the roles are shifting - dance
You never touch, you don't know you're with - dance
Modern dance
Maybe you don't want to be a wife...