Promenade

When I was brought into the hall
 I was pedicured with care and groomed
 Into a man I did not know
 And oh I danced with feet of stone
 And thoughts of fleeting discouragement
 I'm told my worries did not show
 As we spun around
 Like two birds in a small bird's cage
 My partner laughed and smiled and said
 "Oh dance, you fool, I'm sure you know the way"
 Oh, I was the prom king then
 And she was no act of God
 As we spun and spun around, I sang my song
 It was the only one I knew
 She laughed as I sang off key
 "Hurrah, I've been washed clean, these idle hands they cannot touch me now"
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 Then my dirty girl, she walked away
 And scoffed and stared at her idle hands (ohh)
 And it was then I felt revealed
 But the music played and the song was wrong
 Where's the major lift and the minor fall
 Of broken thievery concealed?
 As I spun around
 Like a puppy in the mill, so scared
 The dancers stared as I cried aloud
 "Oh dance, you fools, I'm sure you know the way"
 Oh where is your prom king now?
 Oh where is your mandolin?
 Now you spin and spin around, and I will sing!
 But in truth, I had no voice
 So I spun and spun around
 And grabbed a lady true and fair
 Well maybe not so true, but cold, and cruel, and then
 Oh, she was my prom queen now
 Oh, she was my act of God
 As we spun and spun around, she sang her song
 I had to strain my ears to hear, oh
 Her words they dribbled out like a thoughtless prayer
 Well faster and faster we spun around
 She collapsed into my arms and
 Sang out her prayer
 When I had a minute I answered her there
 And she wept against the suit that I wore
 And she sang out her prayer, oh, you'd have said
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