Topless Dancer

If you lived in the shadow of the mountain

Would you notice when the mountain was gone

If you played in the sparkling fountain

Would the drought seem twice as long

If at night you slept with strangers in their houses

And in the morning sang a traveling song

Would you feel a little bit stronger when they were gone

She sang to me the rhythm of autumn

It was there that I found my space

In the search for the perfect Madonna

To bear the burden of amazing grace

I found her as a topless dancer

Making a mess of the place

She too no questions and she gave no answers

She just sang

Hold tight

Don’t leave the light on for me

Because I just might

But myself loose and go free

I hope you see the topless dancer in me

I learned to ask the Lord for forgiveness

Before I learned to forgive myself

So I wore myself thin as a window

And hung my trophies from a shelf

When I woke up in the morning from a good good dream

I felt the burden of unspeakable guilt

I washed the milky white stain from my bed sheets

And I prayed for help

So to the priests and the prophets

Who say our bodies are godless

Oh tell me what the hell does that mean

I hope you see

I hope you see

I hope you see the topless dancer in me