For a Dancer by Jackson Browne

Keep a fire burning in your eye,
Pay attention to the open sky,
You never know what will be coming down,
I don't remember losing track of you,
You were always dancing in and out of view,
I must have thought you'd always be around,
Always keeping things real by playing the clown,
Now you're nowhere to be found.

Don't know what happens when people die,
Can't seem to grasp it as hard as I try,
It's like a song I can hear playing right in my ear,
That I can't sing, can't help listening,
And I can't help feeling stupid standing round,
Crying as they ease you down,
'Cause I know that you'd rather we were dancing,
Dancing our sorrow away right on dancing
No matter what fate chooses to play there's nothing you can do about it anyway
Just do the steps that you've been shown,
By everyone you've ever known,
Until the dance becomes your very own,
No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown,
In the end there is one dance you'll do alone.

Keep a fire for the human race,
Let your prayers go drifting into space,
You never know what will be coming down,
Perhaps a better world is drawing near,
Just as easily it could all disappear,
Along with whatever meaning you might have found,
Don't let the uncertainty turn you around the world keeps turning around and around
Go on and make a joyful sound,
Into a dancer you have grown,
From a seed somebody else has thrown,
Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own,
And somewhere between the time you arrive and the time you go,
May lie a reason you were alive,
But you'll never know.