Well, I met you on a midway at a fair last year
And you stood out like a ruby in a black man's ear
You were playin' on the horses, playin' on the guitar strings
You were playin' like a devil, wearin' wings
Wearin' wings, you looked so grand, wearin' wings
Do you tie them to your shoulders just to sing?
Can you fly? I heard you can
Can you fly?
Just like an eagle doing his hunting from the sky
I followed through a sideshow to another town
And I found you in a trailer on a camping ground
You were betting on some lover, shootin' up the dice
And I thought I saw you cheatin' once or twice
Once or twice, I heard you 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 so hard to fold a hand you knew could win?
Lately you've been hiding, it was somewhere in the news
Well 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 workin' overtime
Overtime, I've lost my fire, overtime
Always playin' one more hand for one more dime
Well I'm slowin' down, I'm gettin' tired
Slowin' down
And I envy you the valley that you've found
Cause I'm midway, down the middle way
Slowin' down
Down
Slowin' down