Dancin' For The Groceries

She's thinkin' about what her kids are doin'
 Five miles away, it's almost time for bed
 They're brushin' teeth and hearin' one more story
 And in the mirror she paints her lips bright red
 She wishes she could call and say she loves them
 But the boss man says, no calls go out or in
 So she puts on a dress that might feel pretty
 If she didn't have to take it off again
 She's dancin' for the groceries
 She's dancin' for the rent
 She's dancin' for the credit card
 That she's already spent
 In sequence and in laces
 She's dancin' for the braces
 So her kids can have a perfect smile someday
 Smilin' while she dances is the price she has to pay
 
 They tell her in this job there is no future
 So get it while you can 'cause looks don't last
 There's money in those pockets for the take in
 And if you do it right, it makes the time go fast
 The music's loud, the drinks are mostly water
 What her name is tonight she can't recall
 The business men stair at the single mother
 Who's smilin' while she's starin' at the wall
 She's dancin' for the groceries
 She's dancin' for the rent
 She's dancin' for the credit card
 That she's already spent
 In sequence and in laces
 She's dancin' for the braces
 So her kids can have a perfect smile someday
 Smilin' while she dances is the price she has to pay
 Someday she'll have a house out in the country
 Someday she'll see the other side of dawn
 And no one will ever know what it was she did before
 But she just heard the DJ say,? You're on?
 And the lights come up and they play her song
 She's dancin' for the groceries
 She's dancin' for the rent
 She's dancin' for the credit card
 That she's already spent
 In sequence and in laces
 She's dancin' for the braces
 So her kids can have a perfect smile someday
 Smilin' while she dances, smilin' while she dances
 Is the price she has to pay
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 She's dancin' for the groceries
 Is the price she has to pay
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 Dancin' for the groceries
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 Is the price she has to pay
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 Dancin' for the groceries