Oh, you were just a roller coaster memory
Was just a gigolo when he let you down
You got a list of all their major mistakes
And you you're always the same
And the gears from off your merry-go-round
The harder they fall on you
And all you've got to give him
You got a list of all the major offenders
You persevere on the same old pleasure ground
Good friends you had to do without
Leaving make up stains
And leave laying bleeding on the ground
You're busy trying to clear your name
And he screws you down in Tin Pan Alley
Now you and your Romeo
You had no more volunteers
And now they've taken the chains
Oh, I can still hear you say as clear as the day
You never gave a damn about who you pick up
Yes and it never rains around here
And he's just standing in the shadows
Well, it just comes pouring down
And it never rains around here
It just comes pouring down
Of the years spent doing the rounds
I don't know why I was even passing through
The bigger they are baby
The faster they get out of town
I saw you making a date with Destiny
"I'd like to make it worth your while"
You can't complain about the rules
Now you know what they say about beggars
It just comes pouring down
Oh, but it's sad reminder
Oh, and it never rains around here
See we could have been major contenders
When your organ grinder has to come to you for rent
When he came around here asking after you
Oh, and it never rains around here
In the shadow of the Wheel Of Fortune
And the tears of a clown
Well, you know what they are about beggars
See the faster they are babe
We never got no money no breaks
So you got profiteers for to help you out
With his hand up smothering your screams
Is the use of your side-show tent
Yes and he's smile that come-on smile
And he takes you out in Vaudeville Valley
You know who's the first to blame his tools
Yes and that's all that remains
Because you thought that you were never coming down
You screw people over on the way up
But I'd be lying if I said I was to blame"
You say, "I may be guilty yeah that may be true
It just comes pouring down
Well, with friends like that baby
