I once was a dancer I was young once like you
Though I know I don't look it
Jumped high as the sky had fire in my eyes

Had legs like a stallion

And I had a girl and I loved her

My best friend was her brother
We were on top of the mountain that summer
But we'd never be swallowed by the cracks


Fallen so far down
Like the rest of those clowns begging bus fare back

Swallowed by the cracks

Our pride worn down talking times gone by

Like everybody else swallowed by the cracks
We would never be swallowed by the cracks


We would talk through the night about what we would do
If we just could get started I would choreograph
Eileen she would act while Steve was a writer


Then Stevie ran away and get bored
Eileen took a job in a store

Me I became this drunken old !@^%
'Cause you see we'd be swallowed by the cracks


Fallen so far down
Like the rest of those clowns begging bus fare back
Swallowed by the cracks our pride worn down


Talking times gone by like everybody else
Swallowed by the cracks swallowed by the cracks

You see we'd be swallowed by the cracks

Maybe it ain't over I can see it's up to me

You only out when you stay out you stay out when you don't
Believe we could drive around in circles getting nowhere


All night long getting drunk with strangers telling lies
And singing along with the jukebox baby
Swallowed by the cracks