I'll Dress You in Mourning [Matador musical] (16 April 1991 to July 1991)
Day after day and night after night You work like a slave You hardly sleep you're fighting to keep The promise you gave
Watching from high above you They would be so proud of you For the sacrifice you had to make But how much more can your heart take?
I'll dress you in mourning or I'll dress you in white tonight at the sunset They'll have to take me from the ring On shoulders high or leave me dying
I'll dress you in mourning or white satin and pearls You'll be a lady And people who once passed you by Will fight in vain to entertain you
I'll give my life to buy you a house with curtains of lace Rings for your fingers, perfumes and cream to soften your face
You should be bathed in sunlight Pray that I win this one fight Than you'll have the finest cloth to wear You'll face the world with the pride I swear
I'll dress you in mourning or I'll dress you in white tonight at the sunset They'll have to take me from the ring On shoulders high or leave me dying
I'll dress you in mourning or I'll triumph tonight This time we were born in we'll long remember how one night the boy who couldn't read or write refused to win or lose without a fig