|
|
|
- 390,531 lyrics
- 24,313 artists
|
|
|
Lyrics for Better Place To Be by Chapin Harry:
| | | Artist: | Chapin Harry |
| | Album: | Unknown | | Track: | Better Place To Be | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 168 | | | | 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 whiskey
She was a big ol'
friendly girl
And she tried to fight her empty nights by smiling at the world
And she
said, "Hey, bub, it's been awhile"
"Since you've been around"
"Where the hell you been
hidin'? And why ya look so down?"
But the little man just sat there like he'd never heard a
sound
The waitress, she give out a cough
And acting not the least put off she spoke once
again
She said, "I don't wanna 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
hands
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 that 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
She was so damn beautiful she could warm a winter frost
But she was long past
lonely, and well nigh' onto lost
Now I'm not much of a mover or a pick-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
Tongue-tied like a schoolboy 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 alright with me
Cause I know I'm going nowhere
And 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
And she said 'Please, leave the light
off
For I don't mind the dark
And as her clothes all tumbled 'round her
I could hear
my heart'
The moonlight shone upon her as she laid 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 alright with me
Cause I've been oh, so lonely
Lovin' someone
is a better way to be'
Morning came so swiftly, asI held her in my arms
And 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 come back with my paper
bag
To find that she was gone
She'd left a six word letter
Sayin 'It's time that I
moved on'."
The waitress took her 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 doggone 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 I
know we both have been so lonely
And if you want me to come with you then that's alright with
me
'Cause I know I'm goin' nowhere
And anywhere's a better place to be" | | | |  Reddit | X / Twitter | Facebook | Copy link |
|
More Chapin Harry Lyrics:
|
|
|
