IntroVerseWhen I First Met BelindaIt Was Down In Corpus ChristiBack In August I Believe, Back In '53VerseShe Was Workin' As A DancerAnd Her Life-Size Tinted PhotoBeckoned Tantalizingly From The MarqueeVerseThe Red Neon Was FlashingMusic Poured Out On The StreetAnd The Club, I'm Sure, Had Seen It's BetterDaysVerseAnd A Sea Of Blurry EyesAnd Upturned Faces Watched BelindaAs She Danced Within The Noisy, Smoky HazeVerseYou May Know My BodyBut You Cannot Know My MindShe Moved Her Lips But Didn't Make A SoundVerseYou May Know My BodyBut You Cannot Know My MindThen She'd Dip And Twirl And Smile AndDance AroundVerseBelinda Was A BeautyShe Revealed Her Body SlowlySo That All The Cowboys Strained And CranedTo SeeVerseHer Sequined Skirts Would Swirl And TwirlAnd Catch The Light And SparkleAnd Belinda's Eyes Would Wander RestlesslyVerseNow I Did Not Know BelindaWhen She Was A Little GirlBut As A Child, I'm Sure She Often DreamedVerseAnd I Used To Wonder, Used To PonderJust What Did Go WrongBut Then Belinda Was Not Always What SheSeemedVerseYou May Know My BodyBut You Cannot Know My MindShe Moved Her Lips But Didn't Make A SoundVerseYou May Know My BodyBut You Cannot Know My MindThen She'd Dip And Twirl And Smile AndDance AroundVerseThen One Night I Wrote A Hasty NoteAnd Threw It On The StageAskin' Her If She Would Have A Drink With MeVerseAnd We Talked Of Many ThingsAbout The Sunshine And The CountryAnd A Tear Came To Her Eye Quite SuddenlyVerseAnd I Listened To Her, Thought About HerFinally I Asked Her"Tell Me, Belinda, What Does Your LifeMean?"VerseShe Looked Me In The EyeAnd Told Me "Forty Bucks A Week"And To Be A Damn Good Dancing BesqueQueenVerseAh, You May Know My BodyBut You Cannot Know My MindShe Said To Me As She Prepared To GoVerseYou May Know My BodyBut You Cannot Know My MindThen She Laughed And Left To Do Her SecondShow
