Well she started out to be a dancer She's gonna make her livin' dancin' in the Broadway shows So she hitchiked cross country from Pasaroba to the Big Red Apple Where your dreams are made, and your debts are paid on time Chorus: I'll hold you close Taxi Dancer And I'll listen to how you outgrew your dreams and how they faded away I'll hold you close Taxi Dancer And we'll pretend this floor is the Broadway stage Well, she wasn't used to livin' in the city So she took a job as a maid cleanin' up at the Gramercy Park Hotel And all her auditions they didn't turn out so pretty So she took a job dancin' at the bar down the street as well Chorus Well I don't know how long or how far her fortune did take her But I heard she sits alone drunk in a bar down on 42nd Street And sometimes an old butch will slip a quarter into the jukebox And she'll stagger to the bar and dance with that girl for free Chorus