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