Not Your Night
Lyrics by Fran Landesman
When you looked in the mirror you were lookin' good
And you started the evening in a dandy mood
Now you're feeling neglected and misunderstood
It's not your night
As you sipped your Martini all your moves were great
But your gambits made no impression on your date
Now you toy with the pasta bleeding on your plate
It's not your night
Why don't you try to relax and say goodbye to that frown
It's just another night out. Another night on the town
You were dead on arrival at the restaurant
Which is done up like Mi Baba's favourite haunt
Now a nice graceful exit line is all you want
It's not your night
There's a singer who's murdering your favourite song
As you sit there and wonder how it all went wrong
You're an island of Chekhov in a Dallas throng
It's not your night
Seems like the harder you try the more the scene gets you down
It's just another night out. Another night on the town
So you're under the weather and you're overdressed
Paranoid, suicidal and a bit depressed
You're just one more disaster in the dying West
Old friend, it's not your night
But try to keep it light
It's just another night
On the town
Lyrics by Fran Landesman
from
"The Thorny Side of Love"
by Fran Landesman
Published in 1992 by sun tavern fields
© 1992 Fran Landesman