Stranger's Waltz

Dancing with her ‘neath the city’s red lights
Where you left me, you said I dance too slow
I have a new partner these lonely nights
And none of the dancers will have to know

This stranger’s waltz, this forbidden life choice
Far more comforting than you’ll ever know
Far from the lashing, stinging of your voice
‘Twas painful to hear and forced me to go

Each of these dancers, so graceful and sweet
Night after night we dance until I fell
Ill with the lover’s curse, sick aft’ we meet
Progression expanded, ne’er to be well

My nights are left loud as I cry your name
But you cannot come, our curses the same