I work out on the Boardwalk Moonlight, make a couple of bucks Nights ‘til 9 by the SandWitch sign when it rains I take potluck I tell corny jokes, make music for folks out lookin’ for a city in a dream Of Amusement Parks, racing after dark, Scooter & the Big Man and the Circuit scene Saturday last I was ridin' fast to get to my spot that night Parked my bike, grabbed my stuff, found my spot, got ready, but something' just didn't feel right – I saw there were … Black balloons on the Boardwalk, everywhere in sight / Black balloons on the Boardwalk, that just didn’t seem right / Black balloons on the Boardwalk, on a Saturday nite / I stopped a waitress who was headed home from her shift at a boardwalk cafe I Said ‘Excuse me Ma’am, now what’s this new scam?’ She said ‘it ain’t no joke, son Today we lost a Big Man. They should drape this whole damn town in black There’s a Big Man down, and he ain’t comin’ back’ Black Balloons on the Boardwalk means a Big Man’s Down Black Balloons on the Boardwalk, a Big Man Down Then that waitress started crying, signifying: I remember them, when they were young men They got some instruments and wrote these songs Then they got the Big Man, that made all the difference They shook the neighborhood & rocked this town! Boss & the Big Man never let this city down Big Man Down. There's a Big Man Down Every dollar that u make on the Boardwalk is a dollar that u know u earned Slim bet, no net, windswept, rain-soaked, broke, busted, disgusted sunburned Countin’ up the bucket, you want to say ‘fuckget it’ then a friend drops by and tips multiply When I have a good night and I feel a little better I think about the reason that the people come by and I wonder if they ever saw a waitress cry ... Or if they’re out looking for a city in the sky? And I wonder if the Big Man is watching it go by? And did he hear the waitress tell a passer-by that … I remember them, when they were young men They got some instruments and wrote these songs Then they got the Big Man, that made all the difference They Shook the neighborhood & rocked this town! They Shook the neighborhood & rocked this town! Big Man Down. There's a Big Man Dow-oo-ow-oo-ow-own There's a Big Man down There's a Big Man down Having a party / everybody singin, 'bout the BMD …