(Lord, keep your hand off me)
Dancin', dancin
Lord, I was dancin', dancin', dancin' so free
Then I saw the flesh just fall off her bones
Dancin', dancin
I was dancin', dancin', dancin' so free
The palms of my hands is clammy and wet
I was dancin', dancin'
Lord, I was dancin', dancin', dancin' so free
He never smiles, his mouth merely twists
But I know his name, he's called Mr. D
A human skulls is hangin' right 'round his neck
Wearin' black silk gloves and a black silk hat
Dancin', dancin', dancin' so free
Dancin', dancin'
One night I was dancin' with a lady in black
Dancin', dancin', dancin' so free
Dancin', dancin', dancin', dancin'
Hiding in a corner in New York City
(Lord, keep your hand off me)
Will it be poison, I put in my glass
She looked at me longin' with black velvet eyes
A drink of Belladonna on a Toussaint night
Dancin'
Dancin', dancin', dancin' so free
Dancin'
Dancin', dancin', dancin' so free
(Lord, keep your hand off me)
Dancin' with Mr. D, with Mr. D, with Mr. D, with Mr. D
I was dancin' with Mrs. D
Lord, I was dancin', dancin', dancin' so free
Dancin' with Mr. D, with Mr. D, with Mr. D
Dancin', dancin
I was dancin', dancin' , dancin' so free
The bite of a snake, the sting of a spider
Will it be slow or will it be fast?
The breath in my lungs feels clinging and thick
Lord, have mercy, fire and brimstone
Lookin' down a forty-four in West Virginia
Dancin' with Mr. D, with Mr. D, with Mr. D
Dancin'
She gazed at me strange, all cunning and wise
The eyes in her skull was burnin'' like coals
And one of these days he's gonna set you free
(Lord, keep your hand off me)
Dancin', dancin', dancin', dancin'
