Boomtown Rats
"When The Night Comes"

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
Is nearly driving them insane.
But you get hooked so quick to
anything
Even your chains,
You're crouching in your corner 'til
they open up your cage.

Chorus:
And when the night comes
It'll help you disappear
And when the night comes
Forget about the day that brought you
here.

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 Frank, I think it'll be alright,
You'll be too far gone to notice when
the neighbors start complaining,
But they're used to it by now, every
day's the same.

(repeat chorus)

And when the night comes,
He might get on the phone,
She's a stuck-up bitch,
But she lives on her own,
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, alright tonight."
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
Maybey 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 that table and
chained you to your desk."
But when the night comes....

(repeat chorus)