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Dance In The Darkness

from Manhattan Sleeps by Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff

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Maya Bohnhoff - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Jeff Bohnhoff - Acoustic and Electric Gutar, Drum Programming, Keyboards
Andrew Finley - Bass
Roger Hogan - Soprano Sax

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© 1982 Maya Bohnhoff

Your star passed me by.
Its light shone on me.
I danced in the darkness.
My eyes failed to see,
That the costume that I’d chosen,
The dark tapestry,
Was woven with colors and dreams.

Hold your light aloft.
Illuminate my path.
The star is in your smile.
Sunlight in your laugh.
You whisper of freedom,
Sing of release,
My dance the darkness must cease.

I would go where you go.
I would dance upon the sky.
I would dare what you dare.
Teacher teach me how to fly.
I would be as you are,
Wear the gentleness your wear.
I would love as you love.
Teacher teach me how to care.

Now that you’ve touched my soul,
Don’t leave like a whispered dream.
Don’t fade in the dark.
Now that you’ve held my life,
Don’t let it slip out of your hand.
Into the night,
Light in the dance,
And crying for sight.

Your song woke my heart,
Your music fills my head.
You move gently with me,
I follow where I’m lead.
For whispers of freedom,
Songs of release.
A dance in the sunlight and peace.

I would go where you go.
I would dance upon the sky.
I would dare what you dare.
Teacher teach me how to fly.
I would be as you are,
Wear the gentleness your wear.
I would love as you love.
Teacher teach me how to care.

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from Manhattan Sleeps, released July 1, 2002

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Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff San Jose, California

Jeff and Maya have an identity crisis. Their music is sometimes uproariously funny parody (like their spot-on "Bohemian Rhapsody" parody "Midichlorian Rhapsody", or hauntingly beautiful, like "Road to Jerusalem" or "Manhattan Sleeps". One way or another, their music will create strong emotions. Jeff and Maya have been creating music together since 1979, and plan to continue for some time to come. ... more

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