Donʼt Fall Apart on Me Tonight

[Verse 1]

Just a minute 'fore you leave, girl

Just a minute 'fore you touch the door

What is it that you’re trying to achieve, girl?

Do you think we can talk about it some more?

You know, the streets are filled with vipers

Who’ve lost all ray of hope

You know, it's not even safe no more

In the palace of the Pope

[Chorus]

Don’t fall apart on me tonight

I just don’t think that I could handle it

Don’t fall apart on me tonight

Yesterday’s just a memory

Tomorrow is never what it’s supposed to be

And I need you, yeah

[Verse 2]

Come over here from over there, girl

Sit down here, you can have my chair

I can’t see us goin' anywhere, girl

The only place open is a thousand miles away

And I can’t take you there

I wished I’d have been a doctor

Maybe I’d have saved some life that've been lost

Maybe I’d have done some good in the world

Instead of burning every bridge I crossed

[Chorus]

Don’t fall apart on me tonight

I just don’t think that I could handle it

Don’t fall apart on me tonight

Yesterday’s just a memory

Tomorrow's never what it’s supposed to be

And I need you, ah, yeah

[Verse 3]

I ain't too good at conversation, girl

So you might not know exactly how I feel

But if I could I’d bring you to the mountain top, girl

And build you a house made out of stainless steel

But it’s like I’m stuck inside a painting

That’s a-hanging in the Louvre

My throat starts to tickle and my nose itches

But I know that I can’t move

[Chorus]

Don’t fall apart on me tonight

I just don’t think that I could handle it

Don’t fall apart on me tonight

Yesterday’s gone but the past live' on

Tomorrow's just one step beyond

And I need you, ah

[Bridge]

Who are these people that are walking towards you?

Do you know them or will there be a fight?

With their humorless smiles so easy to see through

Can they tell you what’s wrong from what’s right?

Oh, do you remember St. James Street

Where you blew Jackie P.’s mind?

You were so fine, Clark Gable would have fell at your feet

And laid his life on the line

[Verse 4]

Let’s try to get beneath the surface waste, girl

No more booby traps and bombs

No more decadence and charms

No more affection that’s misplaced, girl

No more mudcake creatures lying in your arms

What about that millionaire

With the drumsticks in his pants?

He looked so baffled and so bewildered

When he played and we didn’t dance

[Chorus]

Don’t fall apart on me tonight

I just don’t think that I could handle it

Don’t fall apart on me tonight

Yesterday is just a memory

Tomorrow's never what it’s supposed to be

And I need you

Yeah, you, ah

I need you