[Verse 1] There's mosquitoes on the river Fish are rising up like birds It's been hot for seven weeks now Too hot to even speak now Did you hear what I just heard? Say it might have been a fiddle Or it could have been the wind But there seems to be a beat now I can feel it my feet now Listen here it comes again! [Bridge] There's a band out on the highway (Band out on the highway) They're high stepping into town (They're dancing into town) It's a rainbow full of sound It's fireworks, calliopes and clowns Everybody's dancing [Chorus] Come on children, come on children Come on clap your hands [Verse 2] (You know the) Sun went down in honey (And the) Moon came up in wine (You know the) Stars were spinning dizzy Lord, the band kept us so busy We forgot about the time They're a band beyond description Like Jehovah's favorite choir People joining hand in hand While the music plays the band Lord, they're setting us on fire Crazy rooster crowing midnight Balls of lightning roll along Old men sing about their dreams Women laugh and children scream And the band keeps playing on Keep on dancing through the daylight (Keep on dancing through the daylight) (Daylight) Greet the morning air with song (Greet the morning air with song) No one's noticed, but the band's all packed and gone (Packed and gone) Was it ever there at all? (Was it ever here at all?) But they kept on dancing [Chorus] Come on children, come on children Come on clap your hands [Outro] Well the cool breeze came on Tuesday And the corn's a bumper crop And the fields are full of dancing Full of singing and romancing The music never stopped