The Boomtown Rats — When the Night Comes

[Verse 1] The offices are emptying their Pale-faced wards into the street Flickering their strip-light eyes Shivering they readjust their lives from the air-conditioned heat The humdrum and mundane It's nearly driving them insane You get hooked so quick to anything, even your chains You're crouching in your corner till they open up your cage [Chorus] (When the night comes) It'll help you disappear (When the night comes) Forget about the day that brought you here [Verse 2] Frankie takes the train and makes it Home in time to catch the evening news Opening a can of beans, he learns the world has Turned without much help from him Hey Frank, why not get drunk tonight? Hey Frankie, I think it'll be alright You'll be too far gone to notice when the neighbors start complaining They're used to it by now cause every day's the same [Chorus] (And when the night comes) It'll help you disappear (When the night comes) Forget about the day that brought you here [Bridge] And when the night comes He might get on the phone Oh, she's a stuck-up bitch But she lives on her own Oh, and he heard her talking dirty to the girls the other day And she knew that he had heard her and she looked "As if to say" And then later up in marketing while going through the files She bent a little too far down, then turned around and smiled He got her number, he got the phone He dialed the number, he heard the tone He said "Tonight's the night that I've been waiting for Oh, I know you've seen me worship you from afar And I might tell you that I love you and I will but just for Tonight" One night's alright (Tonight) Just one night, just one night, just one night [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] In his three piece cunning camouflage Nobody can guess what Frankie's thinking Last night she said "I don't know if I'm drowning Maybe it's because I'm sinking" He said "It'll be okay I'll get outta here one day" And she said "Frankie, you're no different from any of the rest They've nailed you to your table and chained you to your desk" [Chorus] (And when the night comes) I'll help you disappear (When the night comes) Forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it Forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it Forget it, forget it, forget about the day that brought you here