Open All Night

[Verse 1]

I'm goin' back to New York City

I just can't wait no more for you

I got so lonely, sold what you gave me

'Cept that raincoat of famous blue

[Chorus]

And I don't need time to think about it

I don't let reminders get me down like before

But you know I used to know you

Back when local bars and broken hearts were home

And we were open all night long

[Verse 2]

Maybe I'll go out Chicago

Ain't that where the blues belong?

I heard you came by, shook up by the radio

Somethin' about the top back, wayfarers on

[Chorus]

But I don't need time to think about it

I don't let reminders get me down like before

But you know I used to know you

Back when local bars and broken hearts were home

And we were open all night long

[Bridge]

And all this must've been comin' a long, long time

Twenty-nine years of nerves on fire

Nobody came and nobody saw

I made a wreck of myself with the headlights on

Worked these hands straight down the bone

Carried the weight until the weight took over

Ended up standing at a fork in the road with you

[Chorus]

But I don't need time to think about it

I don't let reminders get me down like before

But you know I used to know you

Back when local bars and your crooked heart was my home

[Outro]

And I will never know the town where you finally settled down

With the top back on a Cadillac and your sunglasses on

And you can't make me whole, I have to find that on my own

But I held you, babe, a long, long time ago

And we were open all night long