(Dan Messe/Gary Maurer)



There's a man in a cutaway

Buying drinks for the room

All the cheer raining down on the day

Comes to nothing and leaves by the broom



On the streets named for presidents

Where the kingfishers blew

All the cornflowers sewn in the fence

Keep the memory from tearing in two



But if I should lose

I'd wake up feeling lucky

If I should take a fall

Or throw it all away

I wouldn't mind lying beside you

The rest of my days



The storms came down out of Mackinaw

As the weight stations closed

There was a terrible darkness I saw

Pulling up on the side of the road



But if I should lose

I'd wake up feeling lucky

If I should take a fall

Or throw it all away

I wouldn't mind lying beside you

The rest of my days



So I'll drink to the wealthy man

And I'll pray for the poor

And I'll hold onto you while I can

In the darkness just to be sure



That if I should lose

I'll wake up feeling lucky

If I should take a fall

Or throw it all away

I wouldn't mind lying beside you