text: I met you on a midway at a fair last year
  And you stood out like a ruby in a black mans ear
  You were playin on the horses; you were playin on the guitar strings;
  You were playin like a devil wearin wings
  Wearin wings, you looked so grand wearin wings
  Do you tape them to your shoulders just to sing?
  Can you fly? I heard you can, can you fly?
  Like an eagle doin your huntin from the sky
  I followed with the sideshows to another town
  And I found you in a trailer on the camping grounds
  You were betting on some lover; you were shaking up the dice;
  And I thought I saw you cheatin once or twice
  Once or twice, I heard your bid once or twice
  Were you wondrin was the gamble worth the price?
  Pack it in, I heard you did, pack it in
  Was it hard to fold a hand you knew could win?
  So lately youve been hidin, it was somewhere in the news;
  And Im still at these races with my ticket stubs and my blues;
  And a voice calls out the numbers and it sometimes mentions mine;
  And I feel like Ive been workin overtime
  Over time, Ive lost my fire, over time
  Always playin one more hand for one more dime
  Slowin down, Im gettin tired, slowin down;
  And I envy you the valley that youve found
  Cause Im midway down the midway
  Slowin down
  Down, down, down