Irene

[Verse 1] Hey Irene Remember that club Where you used to sing? Red lampshades In the booths Men whispering untruths Well, they Tore it down in the spring And I still remember your voice I see the band playing Up there on the stand And all the smoke and the light The music loud And the faces in the crowd [Bridge] Was it a dream? I heard that you moved out of range Was it something you'd outgrown? Needed something of your own I guess, well, everyone’s entitled To a change [Verse 2] The crowd has grown older too But some of them They still want a piece of you They yearn for some golden age The time of day I first heard you from the stage New Years Day The snow is so thick But everybody came For the songs that you sang The whole glittering shebang Oh, I see it all When I hear your name Last night, I walked there again The neon city always ageless and unsung The bars spilled out to the street The music loud Different faces in the crowd [Chorus] Hey Irene Where have you been? Hey Irene Oh, you're a queen Hey Irene Oh, where have you been? [Instrumental Outro]