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