It takes ten years just to get your stinking leg up
Then five more to make it not look like [bad word] Soviet children: form a crowd
Sized and tested
Who will be a star
Hero of passion of whom they'll say:
She took her final breath in grand plier

O! My [bad word] Ballerina!
You were a swan but now you're swimming in the caribbean
O! My [bad word] Ballerina!
Nobody knows how you can live without the love of your life

Everybody's asking me:
Where is Mary?
I don't see her at the theater
Or the parties

That's right
Because she's carving bamboo
Far from the artistic milieu
Never thought she'd live without
Allegiance to a life of art

O! My [bad word] Ballerina!
You were a swan but now you're swimming in the caribbean
O! My [bad word] Ballerina!
Nobody knows how you can live without the love of your life

La-la-la...

Life changes
One day it's egg shells and bread
Married to an intellect
The next you drive a corvette

Things change
You live your life for the stage
'Til your kidney floats away
Throw in a car accident

time for art
time for living
Sometimes the two can be conflicting
And mama I'll meet you at Caribana
Together we're the highest form of art

O! My [bad word] Ballerina!
You were a swan but now you're swimming in the caribbean
O! My [bad word] Ballerina!
Nobody knows how you can live without the love of your life
O! My [bad word] Ballerina!
Too bad your pirouettes now look almost as bad as mine
O! My [bad word] Ballerina!
Who needs that [bad word] we can drink at the casino all night

La-la-la....