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