| Lyrics: | It was an early morning bar room,
And the place just opened up.
And the little man come
in so fast and
Started at his cup.
And the broad who served the whisky
She was a
big old friendly girl.
And she tried to fight her empty nights
By smilin' at the
world.
And she said "Hey Bub, It's been awhile
Since you been around.
Where
the hell you been hidin' ?
And why you look so down ?"
But the little man just sat
there like he'd never heard a sound.
The waitress she gave out a cough,
And
acting not the least put off,
She spoke once again.
She said, "I don't want to
bother you,
Consider it's understood.
I know I'm not no beauty queen,
But I sure
can listen good."
And the little man took his drink in his hand
And he raised it
to his lips.
He took a couple of sips.
And he told the waitress this story.
"I am the midnight watchman down at Miller's Tool and Die.
And I watch the metal rusting, and
I watch the time go by.
A week ago at the diner I stopped to get a bite.
And this here
lovely lady she sat two seats from my right.
And Lord, Lord, Lord she was alright.
"Oh she was so damned beautiful that she'd warm a winter's frost.
But she was long past
lonely, and well nigh unto lost.
Now I'm not much of a mover, or a pick-em-up easy guy,
But I decided to glide on over, and give her one good try.
And Lord, Lord, Lord she was worth
a try.
"Tongued-tied like a school boy, I stammered out some words.
But it did not
really matter much, 'cause I don't think she heard.
She just looked clear on through me to a
space back in my head.
And it shamed me into silence, as quietly she said,
'If you want
me to come with you, then that's all right with me.
Cause I know I'm going nowhere, and
anywhere's a better place to be.
Anywhere's a better place to be.'
"I drove her to
my boarding house, and I took her up to my room.
And I went to turn on the only light to
brighten up the gloom.
But she said, 'Please leave the light off, Oh I don't mind the
dark.'
And as her clothes all tumbled 'round her, I could hear my heart.
The moonlight
shown upon her as she lay back in my bed.
It was the kind of scene I only had imagined in my
head.
I just could not believe it, to think that she was real.
And as I tried to tell
her she said 'Shhh.. I know just how you feel.
And if you want to come here with me, then
that's all right with me.
'Cause I've been oh so lonely, lovin' someone is a better way to
be.
anywhere's a better way to be.'
"The morning come so swiftly but I held her
in my arms.
But she slept like a baby, snug and safe from harm.
I did not want to share
her with the world or break the mood,
So before she woke I went out and brought us both some
food.
"I came back with my paper bag, to find out she was gone.
She'd left a six
word letter saying 'It's time that I moved on.'"
The waitress took a bar rag, and she
wiped it across her eyes.
And as she spoke her voice came out as something like a sigh.
She said "I wish that I was beautiful, or that you were halfway blind.
And I wish I weren't so
dog-gone fat, I wish that you were mine.
And I wish that you'd come with me, when I leave for
home.
For we both know all about loneliness, and livin' all alone."
And the
little man,
Looked at the empty glass in his hand.
And he smiled a crooked grin,
He said, " I guess I'm out of gin.
And know we both have been so lonely.
And if you want
me to come with you, then that's all right with me.
'Cause I know I'm goin' nowhere and
anywhere's a better place to be |
