Martha Graham - Ellis Paul

She was a smart girl, young girl

Loved to dance

In fact she did it every time she got the chance

She learned the moves, like a list of rules

Studied ballet when she went to school

She could perrouette, balance

She could Jump and spin and battement glisse

But her soul felt lost

Heart was locked

Like she was dancing inside of someone else’s box

So she arched her back, fell to the floor

Cause that’s what expressed the emotion more

Sometime you gotta draw outside of the lines

To color the dance that’s inside your mind

You’ve gotta dance like Martha

Dance like Martha

Dance like Martha

Dance…

And then the day came, Martha started a school

She taught the dancers how to dance beyond the rules

World War 2, the Great Depression

All could play a part in her imagination

All the costumes and all the props

Were just another way to make the audience’s heart stop

These actors, dancers were part of a play

And Martha danced so you could feel the day

All the heartache all the joy

Expressed in the moves of these girls and boys

If you could dance your fear would you take the chance?

'Cause that’s how Martha chose to dance