She was running in the rain

felt everything was down the drain 

she could either go insane

or try to live a lie

she'd been dancing on the pole

the lonely clowns they loved her show

she always makes them feel at home

while she was locked outside


but if just one time

we could close our eyes

we could change the night

we could paint the sky

try and hold the world

in the arms of love

like a dreamer who can”t wake up


he was living on the streets

where the concrete hurts your feet

if you haven't had enough to eat

and got no place to go

man how did it come to this?

he lived for luck but then it quit

left him nothing 

but the bits and pieces 

of his heart 


but if just one time

we could close our eyes

we could change the night

we could paint the sky

try and hold the world

in the arms of love

like a dreamer who can”t wake up


how did it get so far?

how did it go so wrong?

and how do we keep going on?

how do we do it baby?


every night when she got off

he was in the parking lot

she threw a dollar in his cup

and blew a smile his way

he could see those angel wings

caught up in these puppet strings

he could see so many things

but no one heard him say


that if just one time

we could close our eyes

we could change the night

we could make it right

try and hold the world

in the arms of love

like a dreamer who can”t wake up


how did it get so far?

how did it go so wrong?

and how do we keep going on?

how do we do it baby?


I'd like to say she quit her job

I'd like to say that he found one

and they both ran off in the sun

but it never goes that way

she's still dancing on the pole

novacaine for lonely souls

he's still sleeping in the cold

he waits for her all day