Ballerina Lyrics

It's raining again in my head

There's thunder again in my bed

I'm searching for something red

Under a pale blue sky

If life is a rodeo

Sometimes you've got to let go

Just turn on the radio

Sit back and close your eyes

I'll write you a song so sweet so you can play

Something that makes you think of me each day

I'm shivering here like a stranger in the hall

Just waiting to hear you call

So you can be my ballerina

Dancing away the dark

Softer than the sunset

Spilling out across the sea

A concertina keeps on playing in my heart

Rising like a river

Then dying like a dream

It keeps on rising like a river

Then dying like a dream

Out at the edge of town

They're turning the horses around

One of them caught the sound

Of the universe

I'll wait here until July

To give you the time to try

I'll look to the western sky

While the band rehearse

Give me the steps and I'll teach myself to dance

Give me the cards and I'll deal myself a chance

Give me the keys and I'll lock myself away

Just waiting to hear you say

That you will be my ballerina

Dancing away the dark

Softer than the sunset

Spilling out across the sea

A concertina keeps on playing in my heart

Rising like a river

Then dying like a dream

It keeps on rising like a river

Then dying like a dream

These tales that I've been told

They're turning the sunshine cold

I've followed these streets of gold

Over endless miles

If I had a soul to sell

It would be just as well

I'd wander the depths of hell

Just to see you smile

I'm just sitting and drinking cocktails in the park

I'm just hoping to see some shadows in the dark

Way out on the coast where the wind can be unkind

I'd wait until the end of time

For you to be my ballerina

Dancing away the dark

Softer than the sunset

Spilling out across the sea

A concertina keeps on playing in my heart

Rising like a river

Then dying like a dream

It keeps on rising like a river

Then dying like a dream