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A Spanish Tune

from Unravelled Tales - Volume 1 by Sam Steffen

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Well everybody’s got a thing to say about the girl there dancing across the way
How her hair flows and her hips, they sway—all night long
Where she comes from and who she is, how she got into a place like this,
These are all things that these watchers wish they knew for sure
Some say that she’s a queen from a country somewhere that no one’s seen
Where everything that you hope and dream, it just comes true

Where they go: Sha la la la la la la Sha la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la la

Some say that she’s a married girl who’s traveled half way around the world
Searching for her precious pearl, a man she loves
Some say that she’s a widowed wife, that she’s been dancing here all her life
Mourning morning noon and night a man she loves
Nobody seems to know her name, or speak her language or play her game
But every evening, moon stars or rain, she dances here
She wears what I wouldn’t quite call a smile, opens her eyes every once in a while
She’s dangerous and versatile, she seems to say
With her there its hard to concentrate, everything else feels second rate
Mostly folks they just speculate as they stand in awe
They wonder does she even know that she’s the reason for the crowded show
That she’s the reason that the music’s slow and the hour’s late
To have danced with her none can boast, won’t let nobody get too close
Some people say that she’s just a ghost, that she ain’t there
She don’t like licorice, only caramel; don’t like dresses but she wears them well
You’ve never met her but she rings a bell inside of you
She keeps her balance with an expert skill, looks like she’s dancing when she’s standin still
You can’t tell if it’s love until she tries to go
And every evening when the music’s done and the bar is closing for the morning sun
There’s no one left, she’s the only one who’s dancing still
She has this way where she leaves a room smelling strongly of her sweet perfume
Humming softly a spanish tune as her footsteps fade
And all the boys come and gather round and try to recognize the sound
Declare the dance floor to be hallowed ground as she slips away

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from Unravelled Tales - Volume 1, released March 5, 2021

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Sam Steffen Boise, Idaho

Sam Steffen is a Pennsylvania-bred, Boise-based singer-songwriter whose songs are the torch-wood for a new generation of folk music that has learned from the best stuff in the tradition and aims in spite of everything to keep the human spirit alive and kicking. A versatile musician and skilled finger-picker, Sam is at heart a story-teller, and a prolific one. ... more

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