He's at the show
Talking feminism to get into your pants, oh yeah
Well, he'll quote Emma Goldman
But he'll never get up to dance
And who are these kids who come to the shows
Determined not to have fun
I see them everywhere I go, with their arms crossed
In the back the whole night long
One thing about rock and roll is
That it's freedom, yeah

The symbol and the literal and the theory and the practice
So if you aren't dead then you might as well be dancing
And if you aren't dancing then you might as well be dead

I'm waiting for the show to end
In rioting, oh yeah
To show us life is struggle
So we're fighting or we're dying and my
Politics of dancing is the only cause worth fighting for
Cause after the revolution every intersection will be a dance floor
One thing about rock and roll is
That it's freedom, yeah

The symbol and the literal and the theory and the practice
So if you aren't dead then you might as well be dancing
And if you aren't dancing then you might as well be dead
Yeah, if you aren't dancing then you might as well be dead
Yeah, if you aren't dancing then you might as well be dead