Filipino Dance Hall Girl - Ry Cooder

When the evening shadows fall I’m dreaming

Of a certain smile a secret rendezvous

When the day is past and gone I’ll come creeping

Down the dark end of the street again to you

In a dimly lit café as we go dancing

I try to smile and hide a love that’s true

Then they play a lovely tune as we’re romancing

And I can’t pretend no matter what I do

Dark and different so they tell me

Lt’s forbidden so they say

But l just tell them we’re so happy

She’s my Filipino dance halt girl

Good friends have all withdrawn their salutations

Good neighbors pause when I come down the street

Preacher has a look of scom on Sunday morning

And there’s a frown on every face I see

Que sera sera the Bible tells me

Novus Ordo Seclorum so they say

I just teil them adios muchachos

She’s my Filipino dance hall girl

Then she whispers while we’re dancing

In a language soft and low

I just tell her darling I love you

You’re my Filipino dance hall girl