A love and lost song.
Story behind the song
I've met a lot of great woman in my life. So it goes that they linger on like pipe smoke in church hall.
Lyrics
Dancers on the Heart
Verse 1
Just sand, heat and desert sun surround a women who heart was one / won,
To the man that held her waist deep in the waves
As rare as water on the cactus flowers, her lips would soothe his mind for hours
And take his heart on a ride on the wind
The lake fought back the blazing heat, but could not cool sweet passiona€™s feet
And there they stayed at the dance for several years
Then one day as the sun went down, the call came in for leaving town
The voice unknown, but could not be denied
But there she was, a dancer on his heart
Verse 2
In another town, in the same old bar, confused about just where you are
Pained by the girl you left behind.
Self-mockery and penance paid, your sins against your worth are weighed
Ita€™s all the same: lost the loved and loved the loss
Shea€™s become the Holy Ghost, you cana€™t see her but you feel her close
At every turn and on every face in a crowd
With every lover, the last one holds a piece of him that wona€™t grow old
And it sings, and it sings so damned loud. That she was a dancer on his heart
Bridge -
And the years go by and youa€™re wondering where, youa€™re wondering where she is
Verse 3
There are a hundred floating ribbons out on the languid breeze
On the cool dark edge of your missing memories
Her colora€™s never faded, I think theya€™re still so here and now
Theya€™re the summers rain to cool your torrid brow
Well the memories never run, never seem to rescind
They just float there about on the gentle wind
In the gentle peace, that you hope that theya€™ve all found
Cana€™t bear to see any ribbons on the ground.
For all the many dancers on the heart.
© Duncan Walters
Copyright 2003