DANCE IN THE SHADOWS

Tom Paxton

Back in the dream where I learned to say please
Where I begged for a taste from the table.
She made me know there was need to go slow,
When she taught me to dance in the shadows.

Where were my hands that were mine to command?
Now they seem to be somewhere in China.
She brought them back, God bless her for that,
When she taught me to dance in the shadows.

Oh, she could have laughed at me
Oh, she could have left me for dead.
What did I know, less than nothing.
So I listened and did as she said.

And back in the grass, I heard them pass.
I listened to stars spreading rumours.
But dawn coming fast I murmured at last,
She had taught me to dance in the shadows.

Oh, she could have laughed at me
Oh, she could have left me for dead.
What did I know, less than nothing.
So I listened and did as she said.

And back in the grass, I heard them pass.
I listened to stars spreading rumours.
With dawn coming fast I murmured at last,
She had taught me to dance in the shadows.

With dawn coming fast I murmured at last,
She had taught me to dance in the shadows.