We Were Dancing

I only know that when we were dancing an enchantment swept over me
An enchantment that I've never known before and shall never know again

Though it's obvious that to you our behaviour must
Look cheap, childish, idiotic, anything you like
But it's true, this magic that's happened
It's so true that all ordinary ways of
Behaviour look shabby and unreal beside it

My heart's thumping, I'm trembling like a fool
And even now when I'm trying so hard, so desperately
Hard to explain to you calmly and reasonably
I daren't look at her
If I did my eyes would brim over with these foolish tears
And I should cry like a child

If you can imagine my embarrassment
When you politely ask me to explain
Man to man, I cannot help but feel
Conventional apologies are all in vain

You must see, we stepped into a dream that set us free
Don't think we planned it
Please understand it

We were dancing
And the gods must have found it entrancing
For they smiled on a moment
Undefiled by the care and woe that mortals know
We were dancing
And the music and lights were enhancing our desire
When the world caught on fire

She and I were dancing
Love lay in wait for us
Twisted our fate for us
No one warned us
Reason scorned us
Time stood still in that first sweet thrill
Destiny knew of us
Guided the two of us

How could we refuse to see that wrong seemed right
On that lyrical enchanted night
Logic supplies no laws for it
Only one cause for it

We were dancing
And the gods must have found it entrancing
For they smiled on a moment
Undefiled by the care and woe that mortals know
We were dancing
And the music and lights were enhancing our desire
When the world caught on fire
She and I were dancing