--words and music by Richard Thompson
from "Live in Tangiers: The Acoustic Shows [Disc 2]" - 1998, Razor and Tie Entertainment
Oh play me a blues song and fade down the lights I'm sad as a proud man can be sad tonight Just let me stay here, just let me sway While the sweet violins and the saxophone play And Miss, you don't know me but can we pretend That we care for each other, till the band reach the end 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 Losers in love Oh they say love's for gamblers and the pendulum swings I bet hard on love and I lost everything So just let me stay here, put a shot in my arm We'll drink out old memories and drink in the dawn And Mr. Bandleader, play one more time Cuz I've good folding money in this pocket of mine 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 Losers in love And Mr. Bandleader, play one more time Cuz I've good folding money in this pocket of mine 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 Losers in love Losers in love Losers in love