Barefooted dancer Lucia and Leonoor
Barefooted Dancer – Leonoor
Hey barefooted dancer
Where did you learn to be so free?
You make the broken pavement gleam
With your captivating precision
How sweetly self-aware
You know you are a beauty queen
You know that every little step of yours is enchanting
Street dogs see you passing by
The night is falling you need to be inside
Shattered glass and garbage cans
Are no longer your playground
Child, you know you need to get us out of here
We invested all our time and our money
And now it’s your responsibility
To find a job as practical and proper as can be
So sorry to put this on your shoulders
We need you to go further than we ever dreamed of.
Hey light-hearted joker
You have your audience at your feet
The brilliance of your humor keeps them laughing
The center of attention
As you flatter one and all
You know how easily you entertain them
An electric pole
In the shadowlands
The first star shines
In the copper of a bleeding sunset
And how it scares you!
To be leaving your only playground.
Child, you know you need to get us out of here
We invested all our time and our money
And now it’s your responsibility
To find a job as practical and proper as can be
So sorry to put this on your shoulders
We need you to go further than we ever dreamed of.
Music and Lyrics by Leonoor Rinke de Wit