(Verse)
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

(Chorus)
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

(Verse)
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?

(Chorus)
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
(Verse)
Oh mama, when you were younger
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 trip and fall
And he is just a man after all

(Chorus)
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