Dancy's Dream

Dancy was a deacon
 Every Sunday found him there
 At the Lighthouse Gospel Church
 With his hands folded in prayer
 And standin' right beside him
 Was his pretty hometown bride
 But no one could have guessed
 What he was prayin' deep inside
 Dancy has a demon
 Livin' somewhere in his past
 That dark-haired Cajun angel
 Was the devil dressed in black
 Was it really voodoo
 Or just weakness in the man?
 The only time he ever fell
 Was when she took his hand
 Oh, it's been so long, but it's still so strong
 Every night the devil comes and walks through Dancy's dream
 She takes him by the hand and leads him back to New Orleans
 A good man's goin' crazy somewhere in between
 The hymns on Sunday mornin' and the sins in Dancy's dream
 Sometimes it's almost like
 He was never even there
 But other times he swears, he smells
 The flowers in her hair
 He never told his secret
 No one would understand
 She's the only one who's seen
 The dark side of the man
 Oh, it's been so long, but it's still so strong
 Every night the devil comes and walks through Dancy's dream
 She takes him by the hand and leads him back to New Orleans
 A good man's goin' crazy somewhere in between
 The hymns on Sunday mornin' and the sins in Dancy's dream
 Oh, it's been so long, but it's still so strong
 Every night the devil comes and walks through Dancy's dream
 She takes him by the hand and leads him back to New Orleans
 A good man's goin' crazy somewhere in between
 The hymns on Sunday mornin' and the sins in Dancy's dream
 Oh, the sins in Dancy's dream