Monday, 23 June 2025

Maybe it ain't over

Nope.  
One of those days. 
Here's a song I like. 
I once was a dancer, I was young once like you, though I know I don't look it
Jumped high as the sky, had fire in my eyes, had legs like a stallion
And I had a girl, and I loved her, oh, my best friend was her brother
We were on top of the mountain that summer
We thought we'd never be swallowed by the crack
Fallen so far down like the rest of those clowns begging bus fare back
Swallowed by the cracks
Our pride worn down talking times gone by, like everybody else
Swallowed by the cracks 

We would talk through the night about what we would do if we just could get started
I would choreograph, Eileen, she would act while Steve was a writer.
Then Stevie ran away and got bored
Eileen took a job in a store
While I became this drunken old whore
'Cause you see we'd be swallowed by the cracks.

Maybe it ain't over, I can see it's up to me,
You're only out when you stay out
You stay out when you don't believe
We could drive around in circles getting nowhere all night long
Getting drunk with strangers telling lies, and singing along with the jukebox, baby.
- David Baerwald

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