Girl at Night

(Hank Thompson)



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 glamor 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

So lonely in the night.



--- Instrumental ---



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 the 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

So lonely in the night...