Look at that over there It's the moon in the sky Cutting holes for my footsteps in the night Was an old dancing bear Now he's shot through the side And nobody surrounds him when he dies He was living on the edge of a knife She said come on down to see me more than Just once in a while Come on down And never tell your wife It's the baddest part of town You can't help but rattle down When you're living on the edge of a knife Oh, the light and then it fades It blinds us all to yesterday It blows the kisses From my face Look at that over there It's your old man in a chair With a whiskey and cigarette carefully lights Was an old dancing bear Now he's shot through the side And nobody surrounds him when he dies He was living on the edge of a knife Oh, the light and then it fades It blinds us all to yesterday It blows the kisses From my face Oh, the light and then it fades It blinds us all to yesterday It blows the kisses From my face Oh, the light and then it fades It blinds us all to yesterday It blows the kisses From my face