Could This Dance
(A.Waters)
He met her in the corner bar at the Hotel Royal He said I got the keys to a stolen car with a diamond ring from a plastic bubble Everyone just shook their heads, someone dropped a glass I got two mad kids and form she said How long could this dance last?
And all the fallen angels ask How long could this dance last?
She met him after closing time, took his restless hand There's room she said in this heart of mine but I don't know about the caravan I got things he lied in an old suitcase, it was on her lips to ask How many seconds in a sweet embrace? How long could this dance last?
And all the fallen angels sing How hard to tangle is a ball of string? And how deep are the wrinkles in a looking glass? How long could this dance last?
They drank from the river of her breath divine and they jumped through puddles, threw stones at signs Abandoned the car at some lover's leap with the ring in the bubble underneath the seat Then they went on back the way they came, stopped for a giggle on some lover's lane Pumpkins, white mice, slippers of glass Who knows how long dances last?
And all the fallen angels sigh How hard to swallow is a sweet, sweet lie? And how deep are the questions lovers ask? How long could this dance last?
