A girl in the night

She lives her life in honky tonks 
and the crowded backstreet bars
A world of make believe that knows
 no sun no moon or stars
Just a glitter of a great white way 
and the glair of city lights
Where the music's loud she's in the crowd 
a lonely girl in the night

I wonder if she's thinking 
of dreams that didn't last
I wonder if she's haunted 
by heartaches from the past
Perhaps there is a story 
of a love that wasn't right
Now those shadows hide her empty pride
 a lonely girl in the night

[ steel ]

I watch her sit there so lonely 
as she lights her cigarette
And the smoke rings rise but in her eyes 
oh it seems to be such a regret
Yes she's there to tempt her lover 
and that dress that hugs her tight
With a glass of wine to pass a time 
just a lonely girl in the night


I wonder if she's thinking 
of dreams that didn't last
I wonder if she's haunted 
by heartaches from the past
Perhaps there is a story 
of a love that wasn't right
Now those shadows hide her empty pride
 a lonely girl in the night