Swallowed By The Cracks

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 cracks
 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
 Swallowed by the cracks
 We'd never be 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 get 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
 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
 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
 Swallowed by the cracks
 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
 Swallowed by the cracks
 You see we'd been swallowed by the cracks.