spanish dancer

oh mama there's this spanish dancer

whose 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 emptied 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 were 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 dark divide

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 a young girl

did you ever love a man so much

as if he were some fantastic jewel

that you should never be worthy of

but all those illusions strip and fall

and he is 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