Red Dress Lady

I peel my label into hundreds of shreds
keep my eye on the door
smoke my last cigarette
above bottles clanging and conversation
my watch is ticking and taunting and asking
How long you waiting on a chance she won't show
and I don't know

Suddenly I'm beginning to feel a little past over and a little naive
and just as i surrender my seat and reach for the keys to my car

there you are

there she comes like a spotlight coming down the hall
she shines from the middle I can't see nothing else at all
my red dress lady in a black and white town
don't turn around
keep coming my way
don't turn around

Im staying in and she's out there tonight
out on the town until nearly daylight
I'm getting older and it's getting late
wonder if she would call if she knew I'm awake
everything is changing and my warm feeling is converting to burning
I can just see her waiting for somebody other than me

suddenly I'm beginning to feel a little passed over and a little naive
but just as i give up on sleep and reach for the keys to my car

there you are

she calls out like a church bell ringing through the streets
bringing hope to the hopeless and me to my feet
my red dress lady in a black and white town
don't turn around
keep coming my way
don't turn around

she's a beautiful song just too long to write and too perfect to know
I'm a sad sad song, but I wrote every note

there she comes like a spotlight coming down the hall
she shines from the middle I can't see nothing else at all
my red dress lady in a black and white town
don't turn around
keep coming my way
don't turn around