Why ever should it be
That men at once make love to me?
When they are near me
There they stand
Their eyes look deep in mine
They always kiss my hand
Why ever should it be
They speak of magic charms in me
That no man can resist?
For every time they look at me these charms
Persist
But when the soft lights glint and glance
As midnight hours go by
They hear me sing, they see me dance
It's then that I know why
On my lips every kiss is like wine
In my arms love is more than divine
Its engraved in the stars high above me
Men must kiss me, men must love me
When my feet haunting rhythms inspire
In my eyes gleam the flames of desire
When I dance, then I know Fate's design
On my lips every kiss is like wine
I have a dancer's blood
That rules me like a throbbing flood
My mother was the dancing star
Without a rival at the Golden Alcazar!
How great she must have been!
In dreams I have so often seen
The raptures when she danced
She held each heart enthralled and every eye
Entranced
Her spirit wakes in me again
My fortune wills it so
At night I dance as she did then
And this is all I know
On my lips every kiss is like wine
In my arms love is more than divine
Its engraved in the stars high above me
Men must kiss me, men must love me
When my feet haunting rhythms inspire
In my eyes gleam the flames of desire
When I dance, then I know Fate's design
On my lips every kiss is like wine
