Joni Mitchell — That Song about the Midway

[Verse 1] 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, you were playin' on the guitar strings You were playin' like a devil wearin' wings [Chorus 1] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus 2] Once or twice, I heard your bid once or twice Were you wond'rin' 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? [Verse 3] So lately you've been hidin', it was somewhere in the news And I'm 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 I've been workin' overtime [Chorus 3] Over time, I've lost my fire over time Always playin' one more hand for one more dime Slowin' down, I'm gettin' tired, slowin' down And I envy you the valley that you've found [Outro] Cause I'm midway down the midway Slowin' down Down, down, down