Paralyzed by hatred and a piss ugly soul
  if he murdered his father, he thought he'd become whole
  While listening at night to an old radio
  where they danced to the rock minuet
  
  In the gay bars in the back of the bar
  he consummated hatred on a cold sawdust floor
  While the jukebox played backbeats, he sniffed coke off a jar
  while they danced to a rock minuet
  
  School was a waste, he was meant for the street
  but school was the only way, the army could be beat
  The two whores sucked his nipples 'til he came on their feet
  as they danced to the rock minuet
  
  He dreamt that his father was sunk to his knees
  his leather belt tied so tight that it was hard to breathe
  And the studs from his jacket were as cold as a breeze
  as he danced to a rock minuet
  
  He pictured the bedroom where he heard the first cry
  his mother on all fours, ah, with his father behind
  And her yell hurt so much, he had wished he'd gone blind
  and rocked to a rock minuet
  
  In the back of the warehouse were a couple of guys
  they had tied someone up and sewn up their eyes
  And he got so excited he came on his thighs
  when they danced to the rock minuet
  
  On Avenue B, someone cruised him one night
  he took him in an alley and then pulled a knife
  And thought of his father, as he cut his windpipe
  and finally danced to the rock minuet
  
  In the curse of the alley, the thrill of the street
  on the bitter cold docks where the outlaws all meet
  In euphoria drug in euphoria heat
  you could dance to the rock minuet
  
  In the thrill of the needle and anonymous sex
  you could dance to the rock minuet
  
  So when you dance hard, slow dancing
  when you dance hard, slow dancing
  When you dance hard, slow dancing
  when you dance to the rock minuet