Dark lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one Danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done Dark lady played back magic till the clock struck on the twelve She told me more about me than I knew myself The fortune queen of New Orleans,

Love her like she's leaving Oh and I guarantee she won't Like it's all going to end if you don't We cut the cake everybody danced And some people drank too much You looked like the cover of Brides magazine And I looked like some guy in a tux I'll never

The kind that everybody knows...yeah yeah She finer than a painted rose...yeah yeah Sunshine...yeah My sunshine I sold my soul for a one night stand I followed Alice into Wonderland I ate the mushroom and I danced with the queen Yeah we danced in between

Imagine my frustration with no Invitation to dance Wallflower, my dear I went down to the dance Such a clown by the wall Invited to dance By no one at all The couples danced fine So charming and gay

We knew every line, now I can't remember How it goes but I know that I won't forget her And we danced all night to the best song ever 'Cause we danced all night to the best song ever I think it went oh, oh, oh I think it went yeah, yeah, yeah I think it

We wandered led by the gods You gave a voice Uîdluiā of the Allobroges Your feet danced In the footprints of the Otherworld The words of your songs Carved into our hearts

Dark lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one Danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done Dark lady played back magic till the clock struck on the twelve She told me more about me than I knew myself The fortune queen of New Orleans,

I went up on the mountain side to see what i could see to see what i could be on the shining mountain I watched the day go down in fire and sink in the valley and sink into the sea drown in golden fire Fireflies danced in the forest night

And we danced Out there on that empty hardwood floor The chairs up and the lights turned way down low The music played, we held each other close The bar was empty I was sweeping up the floor That's when she walked in I said, I'm sorry but we're closed

And I saw her standin' there. Well, my heart went "boom," When I crossed that room, And I held her hand in mine Whoa, we danced through the night, And we held each other tight, And before too long I fell in love with her. Now I'll never dance with