Dancin' For The Groceries

She's thinkin' about what her kids are doin'

Five miles away, it's almost time for bed

They're brushin' teeth and hearin' one more story

And in the mirror she paints her lips bright red

She wishes she could call and say she loves them

But the boss man says, no calls go out or in

So she puts on a dress that might feel pretty

If she didn't have to take it off again

She's dancin' for the groceries

She's dancin' for the rent

She's dancin' for the credit card

That she's already spent

In sequence and in laces

She's dancin' for the braces

So her kids can have a perfect smile someday

Smilin' while she dances is the price she has to pay

They tell her in this job there is no future

So get it while you can 'cause looks don't last

There's money in those pockets for the take in

And if you do it right, it makes the time go fast

The music's loud, the drinks are mostly water

What her name is tonight she can't recall

The business men stair at the single mother

Who's smilin' while she's starin' at the wall

She's dancin' for the groceries

She's dancin' for the rent

She's dancin' for the credit card

That she's already spent

In sequence and in laces

She's dancin' for the braces

So her kids can have a perfect smile someday

Smilin' while she dances is the price she has to pay

Someday she'll have a house out in the country

Someday she'll see the other side of dawn

And no one will ever know what it was she did before

But she just heard the DJ say,? You're on?

And the lights come up and they play her song

She's dancin' for the groceries

She's dancin' for the rent

She's dancin' for the credit card

That she's already spent

In sequence and in laces

She's dancin' for the braces

So her kids can have a perfect smile someday

Smilin' while she dances, smilin' while she dances

Is the price she has to pay

She's dancin' for the groceries

Is the price she has to pay

Dancin' for the groceries

Is the price she has to pay

Dancin' for the groceries