In the heart of the night She smiles like Mardi-Gras Spinning in a dizzy haze Her circus head giggles It's a friendly disease Catching colours from the air So with your hands Upon the hips Of the dancing flesh She's a Carnival And when it's lip to lip In a surprise-time kiss She's a Carnival Mosaic eye Gypsy eye Glowing as it dazzles She's a portrait of a poison For you to quench your thirst A portrait of a poison