2nd Place  - DSA Summer 2004 Lyric Contest

One Night Song 

Lyrics:   © Sara Blumenstein 

 

This is just a one night song

a postcard from the road

singing for my supper

while it’s getting cold

Just a one night song

easy to forget

going through the motions

to finish out the set.

And when the show is over

don’t tell me what went wrong

cause this is just a one night song.

 

This is just a one night song

the same in every town

passing empty hours

with whoever comes around.

Just a one night song

with all the same old rhymes

crumpled in the motel sheets

I play it one more time.

And when the show is over

don’t hang around too long

cause this is just a one night song

 

It’s not a lie when I tell her, “You’re a sweetheart”.

it’s not a lie when I whisper, “It’s lonely on the road”.

But no matter what I say,

I sang it to someone else yesterday

and, “Sure, I’ll be back one of these days.”

“I wish I could take you along, but . . .”

  

Repeat first verse

 

 

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