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