Written by Graham Moore; performed by a number of people (but notably Dick Gaughan).
As I
dreamed out one evening
By a river of
discontent
I bumped straight into old Tom Paine
As running down the road he went
He said, "I can't stop right now, child,
King George is after me
He'd have a rope around my throat
And hang me on the
Liberty Tree"
But I will
dance to Tom Paine's
bones
Dance to Tom Paine's bones
Dance in the oldest boots I own
To the
rhythm of Tom Paine's bones
I will dance to Tom Paine's bones
Dance to Tom Paine's bones
Dance in the oldest boots I own
To the rhythm of Tom Paine's bones
"I only talked about
freedom
And
justice for everyone
But since the very first
word I spoke
I've been looking down the
barrel of a
gun
They say I
preached revolution
Let me say in my
defence
That all I did wherever I went
Was to talk a lot of
common sense"
Old Tom Paine he ran so fast
He left me standing still
And there I was, a piece of
paper in my hand
Standing at the top of the
hill
It said, "This is the
Age Of Reason
These are The
Rights Of Man
Kick off
religion and
monarchy"
It was written there in Tom Paine's
plan
Old Tom Paine, there he lies
Nobody laughs and nobody
cries
Where he's gone or how he
fares
Nobody knows and nobody
cares
But I will dance to Tom Paine's bones
Dance to Tom Paine's bones
Dance in the oldest boots I own
To the rhythm of Tom Paine's bones
I will dance to Tom Paine's bones
Dance to Tom Paine's bones
Dance in the oldest boots I own
To the rhythm of Tom Paine's bones
Yes.