Ricky got the quarters for the table and brokenWhile I pulled hard on the sorrow and smokenRaising up my bottle I looked for a chancenAs you set your glass down on the bar with a glance at mennDown at the Horseshoe LoungenShuffleboard and neon lightnDown at the Horseshoe LoungenCigarettes and whiskey tonightnnRicky said 'She's out of your league, let her go'nAs I watched you pick your partner on that old dance floornI know it didn't work out the first time we triednBut I'd do anything to have you by my side again.nnDown at the Horseshoe LoungenPeel the label off a Miller lightnDown at the Horseshoe LoungenI sit here thinking 'bout you every night.nnWere you the one who falterednWas I the one who strayednMaybe God left us out of the plans he madennSo here's to missed beginnings and things that never startnFor these are the ghosts that run around in my heartnWhen I see that where I'm going isn't where I want to benI get the urge to look you up see if you would come and meet mennDown at the Horseshoe LoungenPeel the label off a miller lightnDown at the Horseshoe LoungenI sit here thinking 'bout you every night.nnRicky got the quarters for the table and brokenWhile I pulled hard on the sorrow and smoke