Sides face, grand square
*Tonight I am aching, my body is shaking
Tonight Carmen's coming back home
Tonight there'll be no room for tears in my bedroom
Tonight Carmen's coming
Allemande and weave the ring
**Tonight as I stand here, I notice my hand here
Is trembling like never before
How can I hide it; how can I deny it
Tonight Carmen's coming back home

*The lips that have kissed her, that's loved her and missed her
Are lips that now curse her at night
In anguish and torment, I've cursed as the night went
From darkness til dawn
Allemande left and weave
**I've thought of just taking these two hands and breaking
The body I've waited to touch
How can I hide it; how can I deny it
Tonight Carmen's coming back home

*I placed pretty flowers to brighten the hours
I put brand new sheets on the bed
I'm nervous, I'm trembling, recalling, remembering
The way she tosses
Allemande left and weave
**I've given much thought to the fact that I ought to
Have more control over my life
How can I fight it, how can I deny it
The love that I have for my wife

Heads promenade travel halfway around
Come down the middle and do the right & left thru
Sides square thru four hands around you do
Make a right hand star one time around
The sides star left inside around the set
Swing that corner girl and promenade
How can I hide it; how can I deny it
Tonight Carmen's coming back home