Hey Lucinda

[Verse 1: Stuart Staples]

Hey Lucinda, won't you come out drinking with me tonight?

The summer's almost gone

Hey Lucinda, time's running out

Hey Lucinda, our time is running out

[Bridge: Stuart Staples & Lhasa de Sela]

I'm getting tired of those guys, tonight I'm gonna stay home

I'm tired of hanging out, maybe I'll just stay home tonight

When will you learn, Lucinda, that feeling is a creeping one

[Verse 2: Stuart Staples]

So, hey Lucinda, won't you come out drinking with me tonight?

The summer's almost gone

And soon the path that leads to your house will be treacherous with the frost

And I may get lost in these cold and lonely nights

[Bridge: Lhasa de Sela]

I could drink all this body could hold

But for the fear I might fall over and break these brittle bones

And these dirty little cigarettes we smoke

And the liquor it just only throws a cloak over the feelings we should show

[Refrain: Stuart Staples & Lhasa de Sela]

But, hey Lucinda

I may be waiting for you

Time's running out

But hey Lucinda

I may be waiting for you

Our time is running out

[Interlude: Stuart Staples]

Hey Lucinda, won't you come out drinking with me tonight?

Yeah, we could find some dancing

[Verse 3: Stuart Staples & Lhasa de Sela]

I only dance to remember how dancing used to feel

And I wake up every morning to find you waiting for me

Time's a wasting Lucinda, those college guys

They'll be changing all the records, sitting in our favourite spot

But they drink to the future, not to forget the past

[Outro: Stuart Staples & Lhasa de Sela, Both]

But, hey Lucinda

I may be waiting for you

Time's running out

I may be waiting for you

But, hey Lucinda

Our time is running out