I HOPE THAT I DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU

well I hope that I don't fall in love with you
falling in love just makes me blue
the music plays and you display you heart for me to see
I had a beer and now I hear you calling out for me
and I hope that I don't fall in love with you

well the room is crowded with people everywhere
and I wonder should I offer you a chair?
well if you sit down with this old clown • take that frown and break it
before the evening's gone away I think that we could make it
and I hope that I don't fall in love with you

well the night does funny things inside a man
this old tomcat's feelings you can't understand
I turn around to look at you and light a cigarette
I wish I had the guts to bum one but we've never met
and I hope that I don't fall in love with you

well it seems like you are lonesome just like me
and indeed you seem to like some company
I turn around to look at you and you look back at me
the guy you're with is up and split • the chair next to is free
and I hope that you don't fall in love with me

now it's closing time and the music's fading out
let's call for drinks • I'll have another stout
I turn around to look at you • nowhere to be found
I search the place for your lost face cause I'll have another 'round
and I think that I just fell in love with you

                                                      tom waits