⬅ Promenade

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[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
As we spun around
Like two birds in a small barbed 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

[Verse 2]
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"

Then my dirty girl, she walked away
And scoffed and stared at her idle hands
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?

[Chorus]
As I spun around
Like a puppet in a master's care
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 Magdalene?
Now, you spin and spin around
And I will sing

[Verse 3]
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 appalled, and cruel, and then

[Chorus]
Oh, she was my prom queen now
Oh, she was my act of God
As we spun and spun around
She sang her song

[Verse 4]
I had to strain my ears to hear
Her words they dribbled out like a thoughtless prayer
And faster and faster we spun around
She collapsed into my arms and
I sang out her prayer
What I heard of it I answered her there
And she wept against the suit that I wore
And she sang out her prayer in unison