Ticker Tape Blues

Monday morning, coffee black and hot Placed my bet on a future that I ain't got Saw a flash of green, thought my luck had turned Just another lesson that I ain't never learned By the afternoon, she was painted bloody red Filled my soul with whispers I wish I'd never said Oh, the Ticker Tape Blues, got me by the soul Every Friday close just digs a deeper hole

That red light on the screen is the heartbreak in your eye I give you all my money, and you just let it die This ain't love, baby, this is just a long goodbye Wednesday brought a rumour, a whisper on the breeze A dead cat bounce to bring me to my knees For a precious hour, I was flyin' high and free Forgot you were the hunter, and the hunted one was me You showed me paradise, right before the fall

Now the closing bell is mockin' me down the hall Oh, the Ticker Tape Blues, got me by the soul Every Friday close just digs a deeper hole That red light on the screen is the heartbreak in your eye I give you all my money, and you just let it die This ain't love, baby, this is just a long goodbye Thirty years I've watched this dance, from boom to bitter bust Seen solid gold ambitions crumble into dust

You'd think a man would get wise, you'd think a man would know But every Monday morning, I'm back to watch the show Oh, the Ticker Tape Blues, got me by the soul Every Friday close just digs a deeper hole That red light on the screen is the heartbreak in your eye I give you all my money, and you just let it die This ain't love, baby, this is just a long goodbye