Back in the trees, where I learned to say "Please"
Where I begged for a taste from the table
She made me know there was need to go slow
When she taught me to dance in the shadows

Where were my hands that were mine to command?
Now they seemed to be somewhere in China
She brought them back, God bless her for that!
When she taught me to dance in the shadows

Oh, she could have laughed at me; oh, she could have left me for dead
What did I know? Less than nothing; so I listened and did as she said

And back in the grass I heard the moon pass
I listened to stars spreading rumours
With dawn coming fast, I murmured "At last"
"she had taught me to dance in the shadows."