Tunie: Tom Paine's Bones

About

Written by Graham Moore; performed by a number of people (but notably Dick Gaughan).

As I dreamed out one evening

By a river of discontent

I bumped straight into old Tom Paine

As running down the road he went

He said, "I can't stop right now, child,

King George is after me

He'd have a rope around my throat

And hang me on the Liberty Tree"

But I will dance to Tom Paine's bones

Dance to Tom Paine's bones

Dance in the oldest boots I own

To the rhythm of Tom Paine's bones

I will dance to Tom Paine's bones

Dance to Tom Paine's bones

Dance in the oldest boots I own

To the rhythm of Tom Paine's bones

"I only talked about freedom

And justice for everyone

But since the very first word I spoke

I've been looking down the barrel of a gun

They say I preached revolution

Let me say in my defence

That all I did wherever I went

Was to talk a lot of common sense"

Old Tom Paine he ran so fast

He left me standing still

And there I was, a piece of paper in my hand

Standing at the top of the hill

It said, "This is the Age Of Reason

These are The Rights Of Man

Kick off religion and monarchy"

It was written there in Tom Paine's plan

Old Tom Paine, there he lies

Nobody laughs and nobody cries

Where he's gone or how he fares

Nobody knows and nobody cares

But I will dance to Tom Paine's bones

Dance to Tom Paine's bones

Dance in the oldest boots I own

To the rhythm of Tom Paine's bones

I will dance to Tom Paine's bones

Dance to Tom Paine's bones

Dance in the oldest boots I own

To the rhythm of Tom Paine's bones