Dancing With Mr. D (Remastered 2009)

Down in the graveyard where we have our tryst The air smells sweet, the air smells sick He never smiles, his mouth merely twists The breath in my lungs feels clinging and thick But I know his name, he's called Mr. D And one of these days, he's gonna set you free Human skulls is hanging right around his neck The palms of my hands is clammy and wet Chorus Lord, I was dancing, dancing, dancing so free Dancing, dancing, dancing so free Dancing, Lord, keep your hand off me Dancing with Mr. D Post-Chorus With Mr. D., with Mr. D Verse 2 Will it be poison put in my glass Or will it be slow or will it be fast The bite of a snake, the sting of a spider A drink of Belladonna on a Toussaint night Hiding in a corner in New York City Looking down a .44 in West Virginia Chorus I was dancing, dancing, dancing so free Dancing, dancing, dancing so free Dancing, Lord, keep your hand off me Dancing with Mr. D Post-Chorus With Mr. D., with Mr. D With Mr. D., with Mr. D Dancing, dancing Dancing, dancing Dancing, dancing Dancing, dancing Chorus Lord, I was dancing, dancing, dancing so free Dancing, dancing, dancing so free Dancing, Lord, keep your hand off me Dancing with Mr. D., with Mr. D Verse 3 One night, I was dancing with a lady in black Wearing black silk gloves and a black silk hat She looked at me longing with black velvet eyes She gazed at me strange, all cunning and wise I saw the flesh just fall off her bones The eyes in her skull was burning like coals Lord, have mercy, fire and brimstone I was dancing with mistress D Chorus Lord, I was dancing, dancing, dancing so free Dancing, dancing, dancing so free Dancing, dancing, dancing so free Dancing, dancing I was dancing, dancing, Lord, keep your hand off me Dancing, dancing I was dancing, dancing Dancing, dancing Dancing, dancing Dancing, dancing Dancing, dancing Dancing, dancing Dancing, dancing Dancing, dancing