Introduction To Belly Dancing

<br>I signed up for her class to please an inattentive lover,<br>I kicked him to the curb three classes in.<br>Two years and four men later, I`m the queen of non-commitment<br>But I still go to class on Wednesday nights from eight to ten.<br>Thursday through Tuesday I`ll buy those magazines<br>With the half-translucent models and the articles on pleasing men,<br>I curse myself at every meal do penance and do buns of steel<br>And on Wednesday nights I find myself again.<br><br>Watch her whirl, watch her sway<br>Sometimes we go to see her gig down at the Marrakesh cafГ©<br>Every movement is a sentence in a fine erotic prayer<br>I think some answer to my soul is written there.<br><br>My classmate Annie says she thinks our teacher leans towards women<br>No surprise that`s how our Ann does sway<br>She`s not the only one to have designs upon our teacher<br>Your heart leaps like Barishnikov whenever she smiles your way.<br>Breathlessly she rushes in kicks off her boots takes off her sweater<br>Hey, she says, I`ve gained 5 pounds I think it makes the dance much better<br>We follow her directions, show with pride our imperfections<br>And I think she thinks we`re beautiful.<br><br>Watch her whirl, watch her spin<br>She`d send a guy with a foot fetish three sheets into the wind<br>And the candlelight throws diamonds in her jasmine scented hair<br>I think some answer to my soul is woven there.<br><br>Sometimes she joins us at the table at the Marrakesh<br>And the business cards pour in she never reads them<br>She never thinks about those guys<br>Who`d gladly leave their well-carved lives<br>To follow in the naked footsteps of this one<br>r Who`d never need them.<br><br>Watch her whirl, watch her spin<br>Even the veils pay her homage as they dance against her skin<br>And I long to breathe the secrets that her hands tell to the air<br>I think some answer to my soul is waiting there.<br>Yes I long to breathe the secrets that her hands tell to the air<br>I know some answer to my soul is waiting there.