So long,
drive fast, take chances
Thanks for the dance
Left alone, some more, some more,
for a while
Enter the moonlight
I don't want to get late again
Faces surround me in a silent parade
And my chance is with the passing time
For one lighted window
where someone's away
Left out on the sidewalk
picturin' the pretty people playin' inside
Little by the lampshade,
they're laughing out loud
Just to keep them from crying
And I go writing it down,
playing it a song
Wondering how long
Must I sing this lonesome ser enade?
You said make your mind up
Before you wind up lonely
You said take your time
To find your one and only
You said if it's a nickel to love
It's a dollar to find someone
To look back at you the same way
You said it's a ways to go
It's a ways to know
I know, I know, I know
But could you tell me how long?
My love, could you step into the light
From down here I can hardly see
And my heart hangs heavy
when it's rolled too high
Lay me down easy, lay me down easy
I've been walking down
these back streets
Picturing the people
that I wanna pass by
I've been lit up in the cafes
And laughing out loud
Just to keep me from crying
I've been stumblin' till dawn,
singin' a song,
wonderin' how long
Must I say this in lonesome ser enade?
You said make your mind up
or you wind up lonely
You said take your time,
I've taken so much time
That I don't know how
much more I can take
You said if it's a nickel to lift
Then it's a dollar to find someone
To look back at you the same way
You said it's a ways to go
And it's a ways to know
I know, I know, I know
But could you tell me how long
To tell me how long,
must I sing this lone
some serenade?
This lonesome serenade,
this lonesome serenade
So long, drive fast,
take chances
Thanks for the days