Around Town

Written August 10, 2013 My darling Where have you been tonight She said I've been around town I've been around town all night Shooting craps with the girls Where the women wear pearls that glisten so bright in your eyes At that casino with the fountain as high as the sky I guess you came home with penniless pockets You say tonight wasn't your night But that story holds as much water As an ark made of paper The ocean falls right through the floor The ark floored by a screen door Cause I've seen you out by that old familiar highway The one where I picked you up In that van we spent our first night But that promise you made me you haven't kept To settle down and don't go around town tonight 'Round town tonight, 'round town tonight But you just couldn't stay away From where the red light shines so bright So you could feel as high as that fountain Higher than a mountain tonight But I'm here patiently waiting For my darling to come home tonight