well, I'm out here at the bar again this evening
and I still can feel the lows of last night's highs
but the bartender is smiling, and the music here is swinging
and there's always time to tell a few more lies
yes, I'm drinking down a beer, and that's no problem
but the whiskey bottle's calling out my name
a friend gave me a toke, and I lit me up a smoke
and compared to this night, last night now looks tame
well, the night plays funny tricks to the lonely
and the lonely are the only ones I know
yes, it's happy to be glad, how it hurts to feel so sad
and every high will fall down to a low
well, my wife just called and she left me a message
she said, "don't be staying out too late tonight
you have to wake up with the kids tomorrow morning
and that early sun tomorrow will be bright"
but it's too late now to turn back from the feeling
of the magic in this moment of being alive
so I'll have one more of everything I've been doing
and I'll ease my mind by knowin' I can't drive
well, a night plays funny tricks to the lonely
and the lonely are the only ones I know
yes, it's happy to be glad, how it hurts to feel so sad
and every high will fall down to a low
and every high will fall down to a low
words and music by Dan Whitaker
© 2006 Starkananda Music
