Lola Montez Danced The Spider Dance

[Verse 1]

Lola Montez danced the spider dance

For the last time

She danced it for her man

And ended up where she began

Lola danced the spider dance

And slowly weaved her web

To express all of the ways

In which love was like a maze

The spider dance

On the edge of the expanse

The spider dance

[Verse 2]

Lola Montеz danced the spider dancе

For the next day

Her man was destined to ride

His final ride

Lola danced the spider dance

Thriving in anguish

Next to a campfire

A final dance of desire

The spider dance

On the edge of the expanse

The spider dance

[Verse 3]

Lola Montez danced the spider dance

Exacting her will

Joaquin sat there spellbound

And his jug spilled out

Lola danced the spider dance

Each plaintive gesture

Stretching the night like dough

Staving off tomorrow

The spider dance

On the edge of the expanse

The spider dance

[Verse 4]

Lola Montez danced the spider dance

In a hidden cave in the Sonora mountains

Barefoot in the dirt

By firelight

Lola danced the spider dance

The only music were the sounds

That came from her movements

Her feet, her lungs, her heart

The spider dance

On the edge of the expanse

The spider dance

[Verse 5]

Lola Montez danced the spider dance

And at one point she glanced down

And observed atop the threads

Her eight fine legs

Lola danced the spider dance

Weaving strands of time

A fabric to subterfuge

All that she was about to lose

The spider dance

On the edge of the expanse

The spider dance

[Verse 6]

Lola Montez danced the spider dance

A medicine of flesh and shadow

Unpleasant dreams, dark desires

Poisoned spirits and flying embers

Lola danced the spider dance

She put herself into a trance

A premonition darkened her heart

Of Joaquin's body torn apart

The spider dance

On the edge of the expanse

The spider dance