She Dances With the Undead

The ballroom's been condemned since '54 Cobwebs on the chandelier, rot in the floor But every Friday midnight when the church bell rings She's in there dancing with the dead kings Waltz with a skeleton, foxtrot with a ghoul She was born for this - nobody's fool The living left town, the living don't stay But she just laughs and spins away Don't call her crazy, don't call her cursed Of all the girls I've loved - she's the worst (the best) She dances with the undead Moonlight in her hair and roses 'round her head She dances with the undead Every partner she ever had is dead (and she don't mind) She just dances She just dances She just dances all night long I watched her from the window in the pouring rain She dipped a headless colonel down the hall again She caught my eye and smiled through the broken glass Said "the living are welcome - but they never last" I fixed my hair, I straightened my tie Walked through that door - I don't know why Walked through that door - I don't know why She dances with the undead Moonlight in her hair and roses 'round her head She dances with the undead Every partner she ever had is dead (and she don't mind) She just dances She just dances She just dances all night long The last song ended sometime around dawn I looked in the mirror - my reflection was gone She took my hand said "welcome to the floor" "you're one of us now, darling -" "that's what the living are for" She dances with the undead Moonlight in her hair and roses 'round her head She dances with the undead Every partner she ever had is dead (AND I DON'T MIND) We just dance We just dance We just dance all night long