there s a man in a black hat earnings on a smiling skull talking to a ballerina in silk threads with a broken nose i overheard your conversation and your theme indeed be strange to avoid further complication i suggest you go your separate way well they never see it coming like the train run out of track if you want to keep your engine humming keep your eyes wide ahead and don t look back there s still lessons in these blues we re still free to choose so put on your dancing shoes and come on we got nothing to lose it s only space and time big city girls pick your pockets clean the good times done passed us by if a man ain t what he seems well maybe that man s a spy well they never see it coming like the train run out of track if you want to keep your engine humming keep your eyes wide ahead and don t look back there s still lessons in these blues we re still free to choose so put on your dancing shoes and there s still lessons in these blues we re still free to choose oh so put on your your dancing shoes cause you know what to do