That Song About the Midway

[00:11.63] When I met you on a midaway at a fair last year
[00:20.58] And you stood out like a ruby in a black man's ear
[00:31.43] You were playing on the horses
[00:35.80] You were playing on the guitar strings
[00:40.22] You were playing like the devil wearing wings
[00:49.03] Wearing wings, you looked so grand, wearing wings
[00:58.88] Do you tie them to your shoulders just to sing
[01:06.67] Can you fly? I hear you can, can you fly?
[01:16.45] Just like an eagle doin' his hunting from the sky
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[01:33.29] I followed through a sideshow to another town
[01:42.23] And I found you in a trailer on the camping grounds
[01:51.97] You were betting on some lover, shootin' out the dice
[02:01.86] And I thought I saw you cheating once or twice
[02:09.55] Once or twice, I heard ya did, once or twice
[02:19.23] Were you wondering was the gamble worth the price
[02:26.25] Now you've packed it in, I heard you did, packed it in
[02:36.24] Was it hard to fold a hand you knew you could win?
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[02:51.10] Lately you've been hiding, it was somewhere in the news
[03:03.06] But I'm still at these races with my ticket stubs and my blues
[03:12.37] The man calls out the numbers, he sometimes mentions mine
[03:21.61] But I feel like I've been working overtime
[03:29.38] Overtime, I've lost my fire, overtime
[03:39.05] Always blame on my hands, for one more time
[03:45.91] When I'm slowin' down, gettin' tied, slowin' down
[03:56.43] And I envy you the valley that you've found
[04:06.01] 'Cause I'm midway, down the midway
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[04:17.57] Slowin' down, down
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