Don’t want to spend another lonely night without you

(Al Stewart)

Well the night falls down

Back in shanty town

And it’s crawling round upon its knees

An Italian voice says “It’s not my choice”

And it never even told me “Please”

Then a ??? spy and a coal-black sky

And you look at her and start to freeze

She says “I don’t want to spend another lonely night without you

You hear, I don’t want to spend another lonely night without you”

So you say “Who me, I mean it just can’t be

I mean I never get lucky that way”

And you look to find if there’s someone behind

But there’s no-one in the street that day

And she says “My boat was only half afloat

And I was thinking that my time was through

Now I don’t want to spend another lonely night without you

You hear, I don’t want to spend another lonely night without you”

Oh, tell me why

What is the shape of it?

Well I know what it is

But I just can’t put a name to it

Oh, tell me why

What is the face of it?

Oh oh, tell me why

What should I do?

Well the night falls down

Back in shanty town

And it’s still crawling on its knees

That Italian voice says “It’s not my choice”

Well it didn’t even asked me “Please”

And as the night grows on

You see the girl is gone

And you don’t know what you gonna do

You whisper “I don’t want to spend another lonely night without you”

She says “I don’t want to spend another lonely night without you

Oh I don’t want to spend another lonely night without you”