I hear the seven deadly sins
And the terrible twins came to call on you.
The bigger they are baby,
The harder they fall on you.
And you, you're always the same, you persevere
On the same old pleasure ground.
Oh, and it never rains around here
It just comes pouring down.

You had no more volunteers
So you got profiteers for to help you out.
Well with friends like that babe,
Good friends you had to do without.
And now they've taken the chains and the gears
From off your merry-go-round.
Oh, and it never rains around here
It just comes pouring down.

And your new Romeo
Was just a gigolo when he let you down.
See the faster they are babe,
The faster they get out of town,
Leaving make up stains and the tears
Of a clown.
Yes, and it never rains around here
It just comes pouring down.

Oh you were just a roller coaster memory;
I don't know why I was even passing through.
I saw you making a date with destiny
When he came around here asking after you.
In the shadow of the wheel of fortune,
You're busy trying to clear your name.
You say I may be guilty, yeah, that may be true,
But I'd be lying if I said I was to blame.
See, we could have been major contenders.
We never got no money, no breaks,
You've got a list of all the major offenders,
You got a list of all their major mistakes,
And he's just standing on the shadows,
Yes, and you smile that come-on smile.
Oh, I can still hear you say as clear as the day
I'd like to make it worth your while.

Oh, but it's a sad reminder
When your organ grinder has to come to you for the rent;
And all you've got to give him
Is the use of your side-show tent.
Yes, and that's all that remains of the years
Spent doing them rounds.
And it never rains around here
Well, it just comes pouring down.

Now you know what they say about beggars;
You can't complain about the rules.
You know what they say about beggars;
You know who's the first to blame his tools.
You never gave a damn about who you pick up
And who you leave lying bleeding on the ground.
You screw people over on the way up,
Because you thought that you were never coming down.
And he takes you out in Vaudeville Valley
With his hand up smothering your screams.
And he screws you down in Tin Pan Alley
In The City of a Billion Dreams.

-Dire Straits.