Promenade Lyrics - Mullins Rich

Rich Mullins 

Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 23:1-7 

Luke 18:9-14 

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 silence 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