I Want To See You As A Dancer Lyrics - Battiato Franco

I want to see you as a dancer 

Like the desert gypsy women 

Whit candelabras on their heads 

Or like the balineses 

on their holidays 

I want to see you as a dancer 

Like dervishes tourneurs 

Who twist around around their back-bones 

To the sound of ankle bracelets of Katakali 

The walls are turning turning all around us 

As we are dancing 

Dancing 

The walls are turning turning all around us 

As we are dancing 

And radio Tirana's playing 

Music fro Balkan 

For Bulgarian dancers 

With bare feet they dance on burning embers 

In the oriental island 

In sunny summer dance halls 

Couples of old folks are dancing 

To a rhythm in seven-eight 

The walls are turning turning all around us 

As we are dancing 

Dancing 

The walls are turning turning all around us 

As we are dancing 

In the rhythm of the heath 

-the key 

Of old tribal magical rites 

Kingdoms of the Shamans 

And rebel players on the road again 

Down across the plainlands 

In sunny summer dance halls 

Couples of old folks are dancing 

A classical Viennese waltz