Swallowed by the cracks

Para documentar el optimismo de inicio de año, esta canción ochentera, que a diferencia de sus contemporáneas, no era vital, esperanzadora y estúpidamente pop. En sus tiempos se le vio como una curiosidad, de algo que no podría suceder a los jóvenes de entonces...
Pero nos sucedió....


I once was a dancer I was young once like you
though I know I don't look it
jumped high as the sky
had fire in my eyes and legs like a stallion
and I had a girl and I loved her
my best friend was her brother
we were on top of the mountain that summer
thought we'd never be swallowed by the cracks
fallen so far down like the rest of those clowns begging bus fare back
swallowed by the cracks
our pride worn down talking times gone by like everybody else
swallowed by the cracks
we would never be swallowed by the cracks
we would talk through the night about what we would do if we just could get started
I would choreograph
Eileen she would act
while Steve was a writer
then stevie ran away and get bored
Eileen took a job in a store
me I became this drunken old whore cause you see we'd be swallowed by the cracks
fallen so far down like the rest of those clowns begging bus fare back
swallowed by the cracks our pride worn down talking times gone by like everybody else swallowed by the cracks
swallowed by the cracks you see we'd be swallowed by the cracks maybe it ain't over I can see it's up to me you only out when you stay out you stay out
when you don't believe
we could drive around in circles getting nowhere all night long getting drunk with strangers telling lies and singing along with the jukebox baby
swallowed by the cracks

David+David