That Song About The Midway Lyrics - Bonnie Raitt

1 I met you on a midaway at a fair last year

2 And you stood out like a ruby in a black man's ear

3 You were playing on the horses

4 You were playing on the guitar strings

5 You were playing like the devil wearing wings

6 Wearing wings, you looked so grand, wearing wings

7 Do you tie them to your shoulders just to sing

8 Can you fly? I hear you can! Can you fly?

9 Just like an eagle doin' his hunting from the sky

10 I followed through a sideshow to another town

11 And I found you in a trailer on the camping grounds

12 You were betting on some lover, shootin' out the dice

13 And I thought I saw you cheating once or twice

14 Once or twice, I heard ya did, once or twice

15 Were you wondering was the gamble worth the price

16 Now you've packed it in, I heard you did, packed it in

17 Was it hard to fold a hand you knew you could win?

18 Lately you've been hiding, it was somewhere in the news

19 And I'm still at these races with my ticket stubs and my blues

20 The man calls out the numbers...he sometimes mentions mine

21 But I feel like I've been working overtime

22 Overtime, I've lost my fire, overtime

23 And I envy you the valley that you've found

24 'Cause I'm midway down the midway

25 Slowin' down