They tell me I ought to go,
Tell them they just don't know,
Now that we're together I have to stay,
I think of the things I do,
I need nothing more from you: just to be forgiven, oh, is enough for me.

Sing in the streets and dance in the aisles,
Celebrate what will be,
My only hope: your love everlasting,
Life in the first degree, in the first degree.

I looked for a way for years, alone with my bitter tears,
And I blamed it on the weather, oh, on what went wrong,
When everything fell apart you were there to repair my heart,
And now that we're together, oh, I have to stay.

I sing in the streets and dance in the aisles,
Celebrate what will be,
My only hope: your love everlasting,
Life in the first degree, in the first degree.

In the first degree, in the first degree,
In the first degree, come on.

Sing in the streets and dance in the aisles,
Celebrate what will be,
My only hope: your love everlasting,
Life in the first degree,
Sing in the streets and dance in the aisles,
Celebrate what will be,
My only hope: your love everlasting,
Life in the first degree, in the first degree,
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