When my dad got sick I guess I was nine
We walked on eggshells. He was mad all the time
He fell down a lot. Slurred when he talked
Looked like a drunkard. But never touched a drop.

He went to his doctor / He went to a shrink.
Even that med school didn't know what to think.
But no one looked back at his family tree.
How his mom and his granddad had that same malady.

If I knew then / What I know now
I couldn't change much /of anything /Anyhow.
It was 50/50. Life's a coin toss
When you have to dance the Huntington's Waltz
When you have to dance the Huntington's Waltz

They had him committed back in '83
Some brothers and cousins had the same disease
A ticking time bomb began to go off
And we all started dancing the Huntington's Waltz.

When I turned forty, more or less
The Huntington's woke up. My life was a mess
Cobwebs of proteins / started killing my brain
I pushed you away. Somehow you remain.

If I knew then / What I know now
I couldn't change much /of anything /Anyhow.
It was 50/50. Life's a coin toss
When you have to dance the Huntington's Waltz
When you have to dance the Huntington's Waltz

Some brothers and some sisters they have it as well.
Their kids and grandkids, only time will tell.
I guess I'm pretty lucky to know how this ends
Thanks for sticking with me goodbye my good friend.

If I knew then / What I know now
I Wouldn't change much /of anything /Anyhow.
It was 50/50. But I won the coin toss
When you danced with me at the Huntington's Waltz
When you danced with me at the Huntington's Waltz