Ten thousand of us on a branch. Nobody in charge of it. Old place got too small for us Left it, hung up on a branch Three hundred went out looking Rest of us sat and waited First one back says north Dances it out on the surface How far, which way, how good Dances it doesn't argue Second one says west Third one says the wall Nobody shouts anyone down Nobody has to THE DANCE DECIDES THE DANCE DECIDES THE DANCE DECIDES THE DANCE DECIDES Don't take her word for it Go out and see it yourself Come back and dance what you saw That's the whole method North one dances shorter Shorter again after that Not beaten, just spent Lets it go without a word THE DANCE DECIDES THE DANCE DECIDES THE DANCE DECIDES THE DANCE DECIDES Nobody won anything Nobody lost anything Twenty of us on the same one That's all it takes Queen doesn't get a say Never did, never has Best place gets picked Ninety times out of a hundred Ten thousand, no argument Not one of us decided it All of us decided it Can't tell you which Piping now Piping now Warming up GO THE DANCE DECIDES NOBODY DECIDED IT TEN THOUSAND AT ONCE GO All of us decided it. Couldn't tell you which one.
