Virginia Reel

You're a teacher for the holy fool
Sleeping on your bed of rusty nails
You practice the pain like it's a sacred tool
And then you tie your ankles to the rails

You say you're waiting for that train to run you through
And take you clear on up to the sky
Say you've taught me all you could and couldn't do
And now it's time for us to say goodbye

The cicadas wait outside your door
With Pericles dressed in red
Says he'd rather see you try to live
Instead of playing at being dead

Just look at all the arabesques that you have born
You're Martha Graham's favorite part
We can laugh it off and dance until we're torn
But, not until you decide to start

Chorus:
Virginia Reel, so good to feel
The Virginia Reel, as we do the peel,
Virginia Reel

I'll be your Grays Harbor, if you're my devilfish for a year
But you're on the wrong side of the states
So come back home and please let go of all that fear
Up that country road through the gates

I know you so well that my heart begins to burn
Every time I think about your smile
Move with me now as we go into the turn
Remember how it feels to step with style

Chorus:

Virginia Reel, so good to feel
The Virginia Reel, as we do the peel,
Virginia Reel

I know you so well that my heart begins to burn
Every time I think about your smile
Move with me now as we go into the turn
Remember how it feels to step with style

Chorus:

The Virginia Reel, so good to feel
The Virginia Reel, as we do the peel,
Virginia Reel