Promenade

When I was brought, into the hall,
I was pedicured with care and groomed,
into a man I did not know.
And though 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 locked 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 offkey,
hurrah I've been washed clean,
these idle hands they cannot
touch me now.
Yet 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?
A broken thievery concealed.
As I spun around,
like a puppy in the mill(?)
so scared,
the dancer 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 man ___
Now you spin, and spin around,
and I will sing!
But in truth, I had no voice, so I spun,
and spun, around, around, a lady
true and fair, well maybe not so true
but hard and cruel and there!
Oh she was my prom queen now,
oh she was my act of God,
as we spun and spun around,
she sang the song.
I had to strain my ears to hear, whoa oh,
the words they dribbled out like
a thoughtless prayer,
and faster and faster we spun around,
she collapsed into my arms, and,
and she sang her little prayer, what
I heard of it I answered her there, and
she wept against the suit that I wore,
as we sang out our prayer,
in unison,
Lai la lai lai, la la lai, la la la la lai
Lai la lai lai, la la lai, la la la la lai
Lai la lai lai, la la lai, la la la la lai
Lai la lai lai, la la lai, la la la la lai
Oh Lord, oh Lord
Lai la lai lai, la la lai, la la la la lai (la la lai, la la lai)
Lai la lai lai, la la lai, la la la la lai (la la lai, la la la)
Lai la lai lai, la la lai, la la la la lai (la la lai, la la lai)
Lai la lai lai, la la lai, la la la la lai (la la lai, la la la)
Lai la lai lai
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