A message caught my eye today It's so hard to make love pay After all the sin we've had In good times and in very sad I'm bad boy far from home Tumbled in a madman's dream Now I'm out and fancy free So the showmen shift the gear Boys - and girls! You dance - in trance! A walk - of life! A fine line - in mind! Soldiers - and Queens! A drag - of life! In good times - in bad times! You got it - make it show! She's bad girl far from home Sleeping in a pit of sand A step aside she's opened wide We were not ready for that kind Hard enough to change the name Of that daft and foolish game We sling rocks at the riptide Am I wrong or am I right? Boys - and girls! You dance - in trance! A walk - of life! A fine line - in mind! Soldiers - and Queens! A drag - of life! In good times - in bad times! You got it - make it show!