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It was an early morn-in bar-room? and the place just opened up
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And a little man, come in so fast? and he started at his cups
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And the broad who served the whiskey, She was a big old friendly girl
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And she tried to fight her empty nights by? smilin? at the world
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And she said ?Hey Bub, it?s been awhile, since you?ve been around
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Where the hell you been hidin?? and why you look so down??
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But the little man, just sat there like he?d never heard a sound
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The waitress she give out a cough, and act-tin? not the least put off she spoke
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once again? she said ?I don?t want to bother you? consider it?s understood;
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I know I?m not no beauty queen, but I s-u-r-e can listen good
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And the little man took his drink in his hand and he raised it to his lips
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He took a couple of sips, and then he t-o-l-d the waitress this story
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I am the midnight watchman down at Miller?s Tool and Die
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And I watch, the metal rustin? and I watch, the time go by
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A week ago at the diner, I stopped to get a bite
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And this here lovely lady, she sat two seats from my right
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And Lord, Lord, Lord? she was all right
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Ah she was so damn beautiful, that she?d warm a winter?s frost
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But she was long past lonely, and well nigh on to lost
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Now I?m not much of a mover or a pick-em-up easy guy
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But I decided to glide on over, and give her one good try
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And Lord, Lord, Lord? she was worth the try
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Tongue-tied like a schoolboy, I stammered out some words
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But it did not really matter much, ?cause I don?t think she heard
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She just looked clear on through me, to a space back in my head
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And it shamed me into silence, as quietly she said
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?If you want me to come with you, then that?s all right with me
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?Cause I know I?m goin? nowhere, and anywhere?s a better place to be?
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Anywhere?s a better place to be
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I drove her up to my boardin? house, and I took her up to my room
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And I went to turn on the only light? to brighten up the gloom
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But she said, ?Please leave the light off? oh? I don?t mind the dark,?
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And as her clothes all tumbled ?round her? I could hear my heart
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The moonlight shone up upon her, as she lay back in my bed
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It was the kind of scene I only had imagined in my head
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I just could not believe it, to think that she was real
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And as I tried to tell her, she said, ?Sshh, I know just how you feel
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And if you want to co me here with me, then that?s all right with me
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?cause I?ve been oh, so lonely; lovin? someone is, a better way to be
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Anywhere?s a better place to be?
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The mornin? come so swiftly, but I held her in my arms
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But she slept like a baby? snug and safe from harm
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I did not want to share her, with the world or break the mood
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So before she woke I went out? and brought us both some food
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I came back with my paper bag? to find that she was gone
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She left a six word letter? sayin? ?It?s time that I moved on?
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The waitress took her bar-rag? and she wiped it across her eyes
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And as she spoke her voice came out? as something like a sigh
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She said that ?I wish that I was beautiful, or that you were half-way blind
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And I wish? I weren?t so don-gon fat, I wish that you were mine
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And I wish? that you?d come with me when I leave for home
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For we both know all ?bout loneliness? and livin? all alone?
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And the little man? looked at the empty glass in his hand
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and he smiled a crooked grin? he said; ?I guess I?m out of gin,
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And I know? we both have been? s-o l-o-n-e-l-y
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And if you want me? to come with you, then that?s all right with me
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?cause I know I?m goin? nowhere?
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and anywhere?s? a better? place? t-o b-e?
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Written by Harry Chapin