Raise the roof, that I might see the stars    To gain wisdom, to see things for what they are    Please, I need proof       Dance till you fall    Love till you die    Shut your mouth    Raise the roof       Trapped in this snare with too much dreaming to bear    Fearful and frantic, hopeless and a romantic    Inspired but tired, I run this wide-open course    Like the sagging spirit of an older horse       Dance till you fall    Love till you die    Shut your mouth    Raise the roof    Peel back this backdrop, like the lids from my eyes    Put you in plain view, let me visualize    Touch me again in my dreams till I feel    Touch me again till I wake and it’s real       Dance till you fall    Love till you die    Shut your mouth    Raise the roof       The wisest advice to me that I didn’t teach    Was to lock up the heart, but keep the key within reach    Touch me again in my dreams till I feel    Touch me again till I wake and it’s real       Dance till you fall    Love till you die    Shut your mouth    Raise the roof