Spanish Dancer-Emmylou Harris/Rodney Crowell

[00:00.230]Spanish Dancer -Emmylou Harris [00:00.990]Oh mama there's this Spanish dancer [00:05.370]Whose steps I follow when he comes near [00:10.129]The red dress of temptation [00:14.419]Over a long black slip of fear [00:19.239]Will I fall beneath the shadow [00:21.299]Of some broken cross [00:23.698]My arms emptied and all my treasures lost [00:33.377]Still like that Spanish dancer [00:38.126]I throw my roses down for him [00:42.656]Across these beds of darkness [00:46.765]He opens his arms and gathers them in [00:54.745]Oh mama the bridges were burning [00:59.85]Over a river black and cold [01:03.885]But I walked when love commanded me [01:08.125]Up to the edges of his soul [01:12.945]But I'm still frightened of that dark divide [01:17.864]Will I gain entrance or be denied [01:27.64]Still like that Spanish dancer [01:30.24]I throw my roses down for him [01:36.524]Across these beds of darkness [01:40.314]He opens his arms and gathers them in [02:11.76]Oh mama when you were a young girl [02:15.586]Did you ever love a man so much [02:20.66]As if he were some fantastic jewel [02:24.656]That you should never be worthy of [02:29.496]But all those illusions strip and fall [02:34.86]And he is just a man after all [02:43.406]And just like that Spanish dancer [02:48.175]I throw my roses down for him [02:52.625]Across these beds of darkness [02:56.645]He opens his arms and gathers them in [03:03.64]Just like that Spanish dancer [03:12.73]Just like that Spanish dancer [03:21.152]Just like that Spanish dancer [03:28.32]I throw my rose down for him