Loser for the Evening Lyrics

A courier in CalaisA stolen attachéWith sealed assignments sewn insideA double-cross in NantesA mousetrap in MilanThe general's taster's double liedI'm lethal and malignedDistingu...Read Full Lyrics

She’s got my bathrobe flapping on a flagpoleShe’s got my choir robe tangled in her concertina wire tattooAnd now my billfold is to water what a train wreck is to a rainbowAnd I...Read Full Lyrics

She was sizing me upShe was staring you downShe glared at me and growled my eyes looked lovely on her gownShe was feeling us outTo see who’s daring whoShe sighed and cooed your l...Read Full Lyrics

I have to see herI have to see herI have to see herI have to see your ladyfriendI have to see herI have to see herI have to see herI have to see your ladyfriendI hate to wake you b...Read Full Lyrics

It’s too late for a nightcapToo soon to go homeI’m too wiped out to partyBut I don’t want to be aloneI’m too rough for romanceToo smooth to resistI’m too wild for one wom...Read Full Lyrics

I can’t find a trace of my southI’ve been driving around in circles for years nowThese little railroad towns are so strangely lit at sundownI’m the wind in the weedsI’m a s...Read Full Lyrics

I’m wearing a wireIgnore the matador’s more formal attireAnd magnificent movesI’m bearing her dreamsOf imperiled Romeos, of harrowing jeansOf magnificent foolsI close my eyes...Read Full Lyrics

I’m nodding offI’m getting full and lazyFloating down the river in a second-hand canoeI’ve got grapes and applesI’ve got cheese and lemonadeFloating down the river staring ...Read Full Lyrics

I hear the waves Sun beatin' down on my shoulders It's a near-perfect day Wishin' I wouldn't get any older They say that it's gone 'fore you know it now Quiet your mind Soak it al...Read Full Lyrics

She sang hymns out of tune And carried a yellow balloon She traded her love For a Spanish doubloon And talked to the people The people who are Now I have a clock on the wall It k...Read Full Lyrics