Rodney Crowell - Spanish Dancer lyrics

Oh mama, there's the Spanish dancer Who steps up, follow and 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 arm empty then 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 in him Oh mama, the bridges where burning Over a river of 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 in him Oh mama when you were younger Did you ever love a man so much? As if he was some fantastic j**el You should never be worried But all those illusions dipping full 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 in him Just like that Spanish dancer I Just like that Spanish dancer I Just like that Spanish dancer I Throw my roses down for him