That Song About the Midway - 2008 Remaster

When I met you on a midaway at a fair last year

And you stood out like a ruby

In a black man's ear

You were playing on the horses

You were playing on the guitar strings

You were playing like the devil wearing wings

Wearing wings

You looked so grand wearing wings

Do you tie them to your shoulders just to sing

Can you fly I hear you can

Can you fly

Just like an eagle doin' his hunting from the sky

I followed through a sideshow to another town

And I found you in a trailer

On the camping grounds

You were betting on some lover

Shootin' out the dice

And I thought I saw you cheating once or twice

Once or twice I heard ya did

Once or twice

Were you wondering was the gamble

Worth the price

Now you've packed it in

I heard you did packed it in

Was it hard to fold a hand

You knew you could win

Lately you've been hiding

It was somewhere in the news

And I'm still at these races

With my ticket stubs and my blues

The man calls out the numbers

He sometimes mentions mine

But I feel like I've been working overtime

Overtime I've lost my fire overtime

Always playing one more hand for one more dime

Well I'm slowin' down

I'm getting tired slowin' down

And I envy you the valley that you've found

'Cause I'm midway down the midway

Slowin' down down