Spanish Dancer

Oh mama, there's this Spanish dancer

Who steps I follow when he comes near

The red dress of temptation over a long black slip of fear

Will I fall beneath the shadow of some broken cross?

My arms empty and all my treasures lost

Still like that Spanish dancer I

Throw my roses down for him

Across these beds of darkness he

Opens his arms and gathers them in

Oh mama, the bridges are burning

Over a river black and cold

But I walked when love commanded me

Up to the edges of his soul

But I'm still frightened of that dirty light

Will I gain entrance or be denied?

Still like that Spanish dancer I

Throw my roses down for him

Across these beds of darkness he

Opens his arms and gathers them in

Oh mama when you were younger

Did you ever love a man so much?

As if he was some fantastic jewel

You should never be worried

But all those illusions dip and fall

And he's just a man after all

Still like that Spanish dancer I

Throw my roses down for him

Across these beds of darkness he

Opens his arms and gathers them in

Just like that Spanish dancer I

Just like that Spanish dancer I

Just like that Spanish dancer I

Throw my roses down for him