She lives her life in honky tonks and crowded backstreet bars

The world of make believe that knows no sun or moon or stars

Just a glitter of a great white way and glare of city lights

Where music's loud she's in the crowd a girl of 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 shadows hide her empty pride a girl of the night



She's sitting there so lonely as she lights a cigarette

The smoke rings rise and in her eyes there seems to be regret

Is she there to tempt the lover in a dress that hughs her tight

A glass of wine to pass the time a girl of the night

I wonder if she's thinking...