Waltzing's For Dreamers

Richard Thompson

Oh play me a blue song

And fade down the light

I'm sad as a proud man can be sad tonight

Just let me dream on,

Oh just let me sway

While the sweet violins

And the saxophones play

And Miss, you don't know me,

But can't we pretend

That we care for each other,

Till the band reach the end



One step for aching, and two steps for breaking

Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love

One step for sighing and two steps for crying

Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love



Now they say love's for gamblers,

Oh the pendulum swings

I bet hard on love and I lost everything

So don't send me home now,

Put a shot in my arm

And we'll drink out old memories

And we'll drink in the dawn

And Mr Bandleader won't you play one more time

For I've good folding money in this pocket of mine



Oh, one step for aching, two steps for breaking

Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love

One step for sighing, and two steps for crying

Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love



Oh Miss, you don't know me,

But can't we pretend

That we care for each other,

Till the band reach the end



Oh, one step for aching, two steps for breaking

Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love

One step for sighing, two steps for crying

Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love

Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love