I get up to dance no matter what they play   my feet move this and then that way   pull on my drink and give 'em the eye   then go home alone and cry   because I'm going through the motions    I'm going through the motions baby   waiting here for you      Get to work 'bout half past 8   come quitting time I accelerate   running towards what I'm running from   from the trigger to the barrel of the gun   because I'm going through the motions    I'm going through the motions baby   waiting here for you      used to count the days you've been away   and practice the words that I would say   when you'd come back saying you were wrong   and wondering how I stayed so strong   but now I got the notion   that I'm just going through the motions   and you might not come back at all      I tried to pray but I'd lose my place   with my mind searching for your face   and the rosary pressed into my hand   like a stranger in a foreign land   because I'm going through the motions    I'm going through the motions baby   waiting here for you      used to count the days you've been away   and practice the words that I would say   when you'd come back saying you were wrong   and wondering how I stayed so strong   but now I got the notion   that I'm just going through the motions   and you might not come back at all      I get up to dance no matter what they play   my feet move this and then that way   pull on my drink and give 'em the eye   then go home alone and cry   because I'm going through the motions    I'm going through the motions baby   waiting here for you