SPANISH DANCER^©

Live 06 Dec 2001 version

Oh mama there's this Spanish dancer
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
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

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
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

Oh mama when you were a young girl
Did you ever love a man so much
As if he were some fantastic jewel
That you should never be worthy of
All those illusions strip and fall
He is just a man after all
Just 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 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
Just like that Spanish dancer I

Page last updated: 09 Mar 2008

Written by Patti Scialfa, SPANISH DANCER is from her 1993 album Rumble Doll. Check out Patti Scialfa's studio version for more details.

The five nights of the 2001 Asbury Park holiday shows were billed as "Bruce Springsteen with The Max Weinberg 7 and Friends". The Max Weinberg 7 served as the house band, with Bruce bringing others in and out the stage. Each night, Patti Scialfa got a two-songs set in the spotlight: LOVE (STAND UP) and SPANISH DANCER.

• 03 Dec 2001 at the Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 04 Dec 2001 at the Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 06 Dec 2001 at the Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 07 Dec 2001 at the Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
• 08 Dec 2001 at the Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ

Bruce played guitar on Patti's songs. The above lyrics are for her 06 Dec 2001 performance.