Somebody Else

Who was that drunken fool at 4 am with the moon in your sills?

singing love-me, love-me do, singing like a broken Romeo will

you wonder if he's changed that much

lost the booze, lost his touch

you gave your body honey I could tell

that you were saving yourself

for somebody else, like a bird into flight

somebody else is dancing under the lights

with my darling tonight

now the sky is threatening, those black clouds are God's furrowed brow

soon we'll be soaked to the skin, and we'll say good-bye somehow

I can't see the forest for the trees, I saw you coming but I couldn't see

that I'd love you in spite of myself

now somebody else, is getting your best

somebody else--the lucky fool has been blessed

now somebody else watches as you undress

ah, loneliness

and the taxi driver's stoned

he stares at the sidewalk and not the road

I saw you standing as we rolled by

stopped to offer but you declined

oh me, oh my, oh well, I guess you're waiting for

somebody else

please have mercy on our souls

if we lose our treasure, lose our gold

these human hearts can turn so cold

as we watch tragedy unfold, on somebody else

somebody else

can always be found

if I'm not around