Sexuality should not define us
But society says it must
So many friends within the closet
Their lives oxidise to rust
In my life of stolen moments
Good friends have all been gay
At first it was quite scary
They are different, you say
Come out now my friends and dance
Your life it is supreme
Don’t hide your love away
Behind some bitter Fascist scheme
Brave Andy was the first to dance
Back in homophobic seventy eight
He came out to his parents
And faced their irrational hate
Andy took his life so sadly
Alone inside his motor car
His body found next morning
Killed by a prejudicial scar
Come out now my friends and dance
Your life it is supreme
Don’t hide your love away
Behind some bitter Fascist scheme
Good friends Vicki, Jane and Hazel
Also loved to dance
They would boogie in a ghetto club
Whenever they had a chance
My house mate Trevor was the next to hide
His secret he could not share
His father was an old coal miner
And his views were so unfair
Come out now my friends and dance
Your life it is supreme
Don’t hide your love away
Behind some bitter Fascist scheme
But time does not stand still
Liz and Nadine they were so brave
Together raised their own son Thomas
With parental care and love to save
A few years along the road
My son’s friend talked of his two mums
The most wonderful of natural parents
They were everlasting chums
Come out now my friends and dance
Your life it is supreme
Don’t hide your love away
Behind some bitter Fascist scheme
The next to dance was close to home
My young nephew’s so camp and gay
It was no lifestyle choice, you faggot haters
What’s that I hear you say?
And so this dance is almost over
But for Darren it was done too soon
He lived and loved with vigour
But his ashes lie under a Mexican moon
Come out now my friends and dance
Your life it is supreme
Don’t hide your love away
Behind some bitter Fascist scheme
No Time to Think 