When the dancers took to
the promenade
Well my heart leapt high
And I was unafraid
Of the feeling I'd stifled for
so many years
Tell me how do you
How do you feel
Well the band took their places
and got all in tune
And then the caller's voice
Well it rang out beneath the moon
And then the boys took their girls
and they started to reel
And they were singin' how do you,
how do you feel
And then the people in the town
said that they'd call the police
If we didn't keep down all this
disturbin' their peace
And Officer Black,
you know he answered their pleas
And he ran up on the hill just to see
Well he hid in the bushes just
a stone's throw away
And then we all saw this change
comin' over his face
But he was bouncin' to the beat and
started hoppin' on his heels
Singin', how do you do,
how do you feel
And then the townspeople asked him
if he'd make some arrests
Could they find peace and quiet
so they could go back to bed
He said if it's peace that you want,
you're gonna find it on the hill
But the si lence that you keep
is the silence that kills
So the townspeople all got
so uptight and mad
You know they fired him on
the spot
And then they threw away
his badge
Then they asked him to leave and
he said gladly I will
They said tell us now how do you feel
He said, when the dancers took
to the promenade
Well my heart leapt high and I was unafraid
Of the feeling I'd stifled
for so many years
Tell me how do you,
how do you feel