(rollerskates rolling and gliding)
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♪ So we spoke to the sidewalk ♪
♪ And it spoke back in code ♪
♪ Booming through our bones ♪
♪ Moving fast to the moment ♪
♪ Before the moment goes ♪
♪ I wanted you to know ♪
♪ I'm hoping to be worthy of you. ♪
♪ I've no idea how to move like you do ♪
♪ I am taut but trying not to be a timid tree ♪
♪ Toppling for you ♪
♪ I wanna be someone to you ♪
♪ Wanna choose joy like you do ♪
♪ Take my heart and take the lead ♪
♪ Keep me safe at every speed I keep locking up on purpose ♪
♪ Just to hear you tell me “Bend your knees.” ♪
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♪ I keep locking up on purpose ♪
♪ Just to hear you tell me ♪
♪ Bend your knees. ♪
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♪ You go first ♪
♪ Do the footwork ♪
♪ I'll do my very best To improvise the rest ♪
♪ Don't be scared ♪
♪ Is a catchphrase ♪
♪ No matter how I’m made ♪
♪ I still get afraid ♪
♪ Afraid that by the morning You’ll find my body boring ♪
♪ My clumsy feet not charming ♪
♪ Mysongs a little trite ♪
♪ But you held me and told me “I’ll be here ♪
♪ as long as it takes for you to get it right.” ♪
♪ I want to be someone to you ♪
♪ Wanna choose joy like you do ♪
♪ Take my heart and take the lead ♪
♪ Keep me safe at every speed ♪
♪ I keep locking up on purpose ♪
♪ JJust to hear you tell me “Bend your knees.” ♪
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♪ You were singing something by the Postal Service ♪
♪ And I saw you making up the words ♪
♪ So I gave you corrections ♪
♪ And you chased me down the street ♪
♪ Our skates saying in sidewalk-speak ♪
♪ Maybe…. maybe …. maybe ♪
♪ I'm gonna be someone to you ♪
♪ Gonna choose joy like you do ♪
♪ Take my heart and take the lead ♪
♪ Keep me safe at every speed ♪
♪ Just to hear you tell me “Bend your knees.”
♪ And your. ♪
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♪ Bend your knees ♪
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-Whoo!