Taxi Dancer-John Mellencamp

[ti:Taxi Dancer] [ar:John Mellencamp] [al:John Cougar] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Taxi Dancer - John Mellencamp [00:15.76]Well she started out [00:17.07] [00:18.75]Just to be a dancer [00:20.50] [00:23.45]Gonna make her livin' dancin' [00:25.55] [00:26.42]In the Broadway shows [00:28.52] [00:30.98]So she hitchhiked cross the country [00:33.36]From Pasaroba to [00:34.33]The Big Red Apple [00:35.97] [00:38.75]Where your dreams are made [00:41.37]Your debts must be paid on time [00:44.02]I'll hold you close Taxi Dancer [00:48.31] [00:50.66]And I'll listen to [00:51.67]How you outgrew your dreams [00:54.01]How they faded away [00:55.27] [00:59.38]I'll hold you close Taxi Dancer [01:03.75] [01:05.97]We can pretend [01:07.11]This floor is the Broadway stage [01:11.52] [01:25.72]Well she wasn't used to livin' [01:28.65]In the city [01:30.18] [01:33.37]So she took a job cleanin' up [01:34.99]As a maid [01:36.33]At the Grammercy Park Hotel [01:38.04] [01:40.98]And all her auditions no [01:43.33] [01:43.99]Didn't turn out so pretty [01:46.10] [01:48.29]So she took a job dancin' [01:51.21]At the bar down a street as well [01:53.58] [01:57.55]I'll hold you close Taxi Dancer [02:01.97] [02:03.98]And I'll listen to [02:05.40]How you outgrew your dreams [02:07.45]How they faded away [02:08.81] [02:12.81]I'll hold you close Taxi Dancer [02:17.78] [02:19.59]We can pretend this floor is the Broadway [02:23.95] [02:58.11]Well I don't know how long or [03:00.06]How far her fortune did take her [03:02.65] [03:05.76]But I heard she sits [03:06.82]Alone drunk downtown on 42nd Street [03:11.12] [03:13.19]And sometimes an old Butch [03:15.25]Will slip a quarter into the jukebox [03:19.29] [03:20.82]And she'll stagger to the bar [03:22.54] [03:23.28]And dance with that girl for free [03:26.01]I'll hold you close Taxi Dancer [03:30.46] [03:32.19]And I'll listen to [03:33.11]How you outgrew your dreams [03:35.69]How they faded away [03:36.58] [03:40.79]I'll hold you close Taxi Dancer [03:45.72] [03:47.47]We can pretend this floor [03:49.13] [03:50.31]Is the Broadway stage [03:53.81] [03:56.21]I'll hold you close [03:58.85] [04:03.77]I'll hold you close [04:07.65] [04:11.53]I'll hold you close Taxi Dancer [04:15.31] [04:19.24]Faded away [04:21.07] [04:23.63]Hold you close Taxi Dancer [04:26.55] [04:34.53]Faded away [04:35.55] [04:38.42]Hold you close Taxi Dancer [04:41.69] [04:47.65]Faded away