"Single Women" Lyrics

(Michael O'Donoghue)

Single bars and single women with a single thought in mind
Just to make it till the morning looking for what they can find
For a man they won't remember for a night they can't forget
Do you come to this place often, may I light your cigarette?

Drinkin' beer in Amarillo passing time and swaping jokes
Hoping for a new beginning but beginning to lose hope
And you're waiting for that moment when a glance becomes a stare
Mmm, what's that perfume that you're wearingm haven't I met you somewhere?

Find a matchbook in the morning with a name and number scrawled
When you phone, a woman answers and you wish you'd never called
Oh, they're friendly when they meet you but they're strangers when they go
Ah, do you mind if I come join you, would you like to dance one more?

--- Instrumental ---

And it's gettin' near to closing and the seconds pass like years
Lots of friends to share the laughter not a one to share the tears
Oh, and you wish they'd change that juke box
'Cause you know every song it plays
Can I drop you off at my place, oh, what's the matter are you gay?

You gotta twenty in your pocket, got your toothbrush in your purse
Life could get a whole lot better but it better not get worse
Single bars and single women with a single thought in mind
Just to make it till the morning looking for what they can find...