One of these nights
one of these crazy old nights
we're gonna find out, pretty mama,
what turns on your lights.
The full moon is calling' the fever is high,
and the wicked wind whispers and moans.
You got your demons, you got desires.
well, I got a few of my own.

Oo, someone to be kind to in between the dark and the light.
Oo, coming right behind you, swear I'm gonna find you one of these nights.

One of these dreams, one of these lost and lonely dreams,
now we're gonna find one, girl, one that really screams.
I've been searching for the daughter of the devil himself
I've been searching for an angel in white.
I've been waiting for a woman who's a little of both,
and I can feel her but she's nowhere in sight.

Oo, loneliness will bind you in between the wrong and the right.
Oo, coming right behind you, swear Ilm gonna find you one of these nights.

One of these nights, in between the dark and the light,
coming right behind you, swear I'm gonna find you,
get you, baby, one of these nights,
one of these nights, one of these nights.
I can feel you, I can feel you one of these nights.
Coming right behind you, swear I'm gonna find you one of these nights.
It gets so dark, so dark and cold and lonely one of these nights,
one of these crazy, crazy, crazy nights.
One of these nights, swear I'm gonna find you, coming right behind you,
one of these nights, one of these nights.

She's one of a kind, sometimes hard to find, like a rainbow.
Well, she's lost all her glory
and could tell you some stories that we all should know.
And there's too many hands being laid on her,
too many eyes will never see
that it's dragging her down.
Still you won't hear a sound as she turns Around.
A beauty on a flight,
that always seems to turn a tide at midnight.
And for her there is no rest
by doing what is best for our futures

One of these days she might not be so good to you,
one of these days she might shake you to the ground.
But her fire is still burning
and her heart is still yearning to be found.
Too many hands being laid on her,
too many eyes will never see
that it's dragging her down,
Still you won't hear a sound as she turns 'round.
Too many hands

Springtime, the acacia's are blooming,
Southern California will see one more day.
Dreamland and business is booming,
birds are asingin' as I drift away.
She looks another year older,
From too many lovers who used her and ran.
But some nights, oh she looks like an angel,
she's always willing to hold you again.

CHORUS: So give her this dance,
she can't be forsaken.

Learn how to love her
with all of her faults.
She gave more than she's taken
and I'll go down doing the Hollywood Waltz.
Springtime, and the lady is grieving,
her lovers just stand there with nothing to say.
They got what they wanted.
They 're packing and leaving,
to look for another lo love the same way.

CHORUS

The Hollywood Waltz, the Hollywood Waltz.

Instrumental

City girls just seem to find out early
how to open doors with just a smile.
A rich old man, she won't have to worry,
she'll dress up all in lace, and go in style.
Late at night a big old house gets lonely,
I guess every form of refuge has its price.
And it breaks her heart to think her love is only
given to a man with hands as cold as ice.
So she tells him she must go out for the evening
to comfort an old friend, he's feeling down.
But he knows where she's going as she's leaving,
she is headed for the cheatin' side of town.

CHORUS: You can't hide your lyin' eyes
and your smile is a thin disguise.
I thought by now you'd realize
there ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes.

On the other side of town a boy is waiting
with fiery eyes and dreams no one could steal.
She drives on through the night anticipating,
'Cause it makes her feel the way she used to feel.
She rushes to his arms, they fall together,
she whispers that it's only for a while.
She swears that soon she'll be coming back for ever,
she pulls away and leaves him with a smile.

CHORUS

She gets up and pours herself a strong one
and stares out at the stars up in the sky,
another night, it's gonna be a long one,
she draws the shade and hangs her head to cry.
She wonders how it ever got this crazy,
she thinks about a boy she knew in school.
Did she get tired, or did she just get lazy?
She's so far gone she feels just like a fool.
My oh my, you sure know how to arrange things,
you set it up so well, so carefully.
Ain't it funny how your life didn't change things,
you're still the same old girl you used to be.

CHORUS

There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes.
Funny, you can't hide your lyin' eyes.

All alone at the end of the evening
and the bright lights have faded to blue,
I was thinking about a woman who might have loved me,
and I never knew.
You know. I've always been a dreamer,
spent my life runnin' 'round,
and it's so hard to change,
can't seem to settle down,
but the dreams I've seen lately
keep on turning out and burning out and turning out the same.

So put me on a highway and show me a sign,
and take it,to the limit one more time.
You can spend all your time making money,
you can spend all your love making time.

If it all fell to pieces tomorrow, would you still be mine?
And when you're looking for your freedom,
nobody seems to care,
and you can't find the door,
can't find it anywhere.
When there's nothing to believe in,
still you're coming back, you're running back, you're coming back for more.

So put me on a highway
and show me a sign,
and take it to the limit one more time.
Take it to the limit, take it to the limit, take it to the limit one more time.
Take it to the limit, take it to the limit, take it to the limit one more time.
Take it to the limit, take it to the limit, take it to the limit one more time..
Take it to the limit, take it to the limit, take it to the limit one more time..

Visions, that keep stirring my soul,
Visions, that will never grow old.
Sweet baby, I had some visions of you,
if I can't have it all, just a taste will do.
Go ahead and live all your fantasies
don't you ever think about the other side,
helps you get from 'where you are to where you wanna be,
you and me oughta be takin' a ride.
You do the best you can and you make your mistakes,
if you don't like it you can say that you tried.
'Cause all I have to give is whatever it takes.

Play on el chingadero, play on,
play on el chingadero, play on.

Dance, angel, dance, till you wear out your blues,
only thing that's gonna save you now.
Take another chance, you got nothing to lose;
the boy didn't love you anyhow.
Oh, you drive me wild when you do what you do,
something makes me wanna take you down.
If I can't have it all, just a taste will do,
just a taste of you.

Same dances in the same old shoes,
some habits that you just can't lose.
There is no telling what a man might use
after the thrill is gone.
The flame rises but it soon descends,
empty pages and a frozen pen,
you're not quite lovers and you're not quite friends
after the thrill is gone, boy, after the thrill is gone.
What can you do when your dreams come true
and it's not quite like you planned? Oh,
what have you done to be losing the one,
you held it so tight in your hand.

Well, time passes and you must move on,
half the distance takes you twice as long.
So you keep on singing for the sake of a song
after the thrill is gone.
You're afraid you might fall out of fashion
and you're feeling cold and small, oh,
any kind of love without passion,
ah, it ain't no kind of loving at all.
Same dances in the same old shoes,
you get too careful with the steps you choose.
You don't care about winning but you don't wanna lose
after the thrill is gone, after the thrill is gone,
after the thrill is gone, after the thrill is gone.

I wish you peace
when the cold winds blow
warmed by the fire's glow.
I wish you comfort
in the lonely times
and arms to hold you
when you ache inside.
I wish you hope
when things are going bad,
and kind words when times are sad.
I wish you shelter from the raging wind.
And coolin' waters at the fever's end.
I wish you peace when times are hard,
the light to guide you through the dark.
And when storms are high
and your dreams are low,
I wish you the strength to let love grow on,
I wish you the strength to to let love flow.
I wish you peace when times when times are hard,
the light to guide you through the dark.
And when storms are high and your dreams are low
I wish you the strength to let love grow on,
I wish you the strength to let love flow,
I wish you the strength to let love grow-on,
I wish you the strength to let love grow on