I used to hurry a lot, I used to worry a lot,
I used to stay out till the break of the day.
Oh that didn't git it, it was high time, I quit it,
I just couldn't carry on that way.
Oh, I did some damage, I know it's true.
Didn't know I was so lonely till I found you.

Who can go the distance?
We'll find out in the long run.
In the long run
We can handle some resistance
If our love is a strong one.
Is a strong one
People talkin' about us, they got nothin' else to do.
When it all comes down we will still come through
In the long run.
Ooh I want to tell you it's a long run.

You know I don't understand why you don't treat yourself better,
Do the crazy things that you do.
When all the debutantes in Houston, baby,
Couldn't hold a candle to you.
Did you do it for love, did you do it for money?
Did you do it for spite, did you think you had to, honey?

Who is gonna make it?
We'll find out in the long run.
In the long run
I know we can take it
If our love is a strong one.
Is a strong one
Well we're scared but we ain't shakin',
Kinda bent but we ain't breakin'
In the long run.
Ooh I want to tell you it's a long run.

Look at us baby, up all night
Tearing our love apart
Aren't we the same two people who lived
Through years in the dark? Ooh-oh
Every time I try to walk away
Somethin' makes me turn around and stay
And I can't tell you why
When we get crazy, it just ain't right
(Try to keep your head, little girl)
Girl, I get lonely too
You don't have to worry, just hold on tight
(Don't get caught in your little world)
'Cause I love you

Nothin's wrong as far as I can see
We make it harder than it has to be
And I can't tell you why -no, baby
I can't tell you why
I can't tell you why

Every time I try to walk away
Somethin' makes me turn around and stay
And I can't tell you why, no, no, baby
I can't tell you why
I can't tell you why
I can't tell you why

Somewhere out on that horizon
Out beyond the neon lights
I know there must be something better
But there's nowhere else in sight

It's survival in the city
When you live from day to day
City streets don't have much pity
When you're down down that's where you stay

I was born here in the city
With my back against the wall
Nothing grows and life ain't very pretty
No-one's there to catch you when you fall

But somewhere out on that horizon
Far away from the neon sky
I know there must be something better
And I can't stay another night

Lookin' for the good life
Dressed to kill
She don't have to worry 'cause there's
Always someone else who will
Loose and loaded every night
Dancin' underneath the flashin' light
Sayin', "Look at me baby, look at me
I'm beautiful, I'm beautiful,
I'm somebody"
Just slip into the arms of
The disco strangler

He's been around here all along, baby
Been waiting for his time to come
You lookin' for attention darlin'
He will surely give you some
He's the crimson in your face du jour
The fiddler in your darkest night
He's the melody without a cure
And Rome is burning, but that's alright
Just slip into the arms of
The disco strangler
Just slip into the arms of
The disco stranger

Well he sits up there on his leatherette
And looks through pictures of the ones
That he hasn't had yet
When he thinks he wants a closer look
He gets out his little black telephone book
(He's calling)
(He's calling)
(He's calling)
(He's calling)

Come sit down here beside me honey
Let's have a little heart to heart
Now look at me and tell me darlin'
How badly do you want this part?
Are you willing to sacrifice
And are you willing to be real nice
All that talent and my good taste
I'd hate to see it go to waste

We gon' get you an apartment, honey
We gon' get you a car
Yeah, we gon' take care of you, darlin'
We gon' make you a movie star
For years I've seen 'em come and go
He says, "I've had 'em all, ya know"
I handled everything in my own way
I made 'em what they are today

After 'while, nothing was pretty
After 'while, everything got lost
Still, his jacuzzi runneth over
Still, he just couldn't get off
He's just another power junky
Just another silk-scarf monkey
You'd know it if you saw his stuff
The man just isn't big enough

Somebody's gonna hurt someone
Before the night is through
Somebody's gonna come undone
There's nothin' we can do

Everybody wants to touch somebody
If it takes all night
Everybody wants to take a little chance
And make it come out right

There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
Lord, I know

Some people like to stay out late
Some folks can't hold out that long
But nobody wants to go home now
There's too much goin' on

This night is gonna last forever
Last all, last all summer long
Sometimes before the sun comes up
The radio is gonna play that song

There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
Lord, I know

There's gonna be a heartache tonight
The moon's shinin' bright
So turn out the light
And we'll get it right
There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know

Somebody's gonna hurt someone (somebody)
Before the night is through
Somebody's gonna come undone
There's nothin' we can do (everybody)

Everybody wants to touch somebody
If it takes all night
Everybody wants to take a little chance
And make it come out right

There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
Let's go

We can beat around the bushes
We can get down to the bone
We can leave it in the parkin' lot
But either way there's gonna be a -
Heartache tonight, a heartache tonight,
I know
Oh, I know
There'll be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know

Tell us what you gonna do tonight, mama
There must be someplace you can go
In the middle of the tall drinks and the drama
There must be someone you know
God knows you're lookin' good enough
But you're so smooth and the world's so rough
You might have somethin' to lose
Oh no, pretty mama
What you gonna do in those shoes?

Got those pretty little straps
Around your ankles
Got those shiny little chains
Around you heart
You got to have your independence
But you don't know just where to start
Desperation in the singles bar
All those jerk-offs in their fancy cars
You can't believe your reviews
Oh no, you can't do that
Once you've started wearin' those shoes

They're lookin' at you, leanin' on you
Tell you anything you wanna hear
They give you tablets of love

They're waitin' for you, got to score you
Handy with the shovel and so sincere
Ooooo, they got the kid gloves

You just want someone to talk to
They just wanna get their hands on you
You get whatever you choose
Oh no, you can't do that
Once you've started wearin' those shoes

Oh no, you can't do that
Once you've started wearin' those shoes

Stare out the window
You can't make the time go
You don't even know why you're here
Wait for the weekend
To go off the deep end
And make everything disappear

You're lost in a teenage jail
So young, so vicious, and so frail
Where something is always for sale
You're lost in a teenage jail

You're not like your mothers
You're not like the others
You're not quite like anyone else
They don't even know you
Got nothin' to show you
So get somethin' good for yourself

There was beer all over the dance floor
And the band was playin' rhythm and blues
You got down and did the gator, and half
An hour later, you were barfin' all over your
Girlfriend's shoes.

But the Greeks don't want no freaks.
The Greeks don't want no freaks
Just put a little smile on them rosy
Cheeks,
'Cause the Greeks don't want no freaks.
(GATOR!!)
She was the pride and the passion of Dixie
She did exactly what her daddy had planned.
She was perfect little sister until somebody missed
Her and they found her in the bushes with
The boys in the band
But the Greeks don't want no freaks
The Greeks don't want no freaks

So put a great big smile on them rosy cheeks,
'Cause the Greeks don't want no freaks
No, the Greeks don't want no freaks
Said, the Greeks don't want no freaks

Just put that monster smile on them rosy cheeks
'Cause the Greeks don't want no freaks
No, the Greeks don't want no freaks,
Ahh...

Out in the shiny night the rain was
Softly falling
The tracks that ran down the boulevard
Had all been washed away
Out of the silver light the past came
Softly calling
And I remembered the times we spent
Inside the Sad Cafe

Oh, it seemed like a holy place
Protected by amazing grace
And we would sing right out loud
The things we could not say
We thought we could change this world
With words like "love" and "freedom"
We were part of the lonely crowd
Inside the Sad Cafe

Oh, expecting to fly
We would meet on that beautiful shore
In the sweet by and by

Some of their dreams came true
Some just passed away
And some of them stayed behind
Inside the Sad Cafe

The clouds rolled in and hid that shore
Now that Glory Train, it don't
Stop here no more

Now I look at the years gone by
And wonder at the powers that be
I don't know why fortune smiles on some
And lets the rest go free

Maybe the time has drawn the faces I recall
But things in this life change very
Slowly if they ever change at all
There's no use in asking why
It just turned out that way
So meet me at midnight, baby
Inside the Sad Cafe
Why don't you meet me at midnight, baby
Inside the Sad Cafe