Red Dress Lady

I peel my label into hundreds of shreds
 keep my eye on the door
 smoke my last cigarette
 above bottles clanging and conversation
 my watch is ticking and taunting and asking
 How long you waiting on a chance she won't show
 and I don't know
 Suddenly I'm beginning to feel a little past over and a little naive
 and just as i surrender my seat and reach for the keys to my car
 there you are
 there she comes like a spotlight coming down the hall
 she shines from the middle I can't see nothing else at all
 my red dress lady in a black and white town
 don't turn around
 keep coming my way
 don't turn around
 Im staying in and she's out there tonight
 out on the town until nearly daylight
 I'm getting older and it's getting late
 wonder if she would call if she knew I'm awake
 everything is changing and my warm feeling is converting to burning
 I can just see her waiting for somebody other than me
 suddenly I'm beginning to feel a little passed over and a little naive
 but just as i give up on sleep and reach for the keys to my car
 there you are
 she calls out like a church bell ringing through the streets
 bringing hope to the hopeless and me to my feet
 my red dress lady in a black and white town
 don't turn around
 keep coming my way
 don't turn around
 she's a beautiful song just too long to write and too perfect to know
 I'm a sad sad song, but I wrote every note
 there she comes like a spotlight coming down the hall
 she shines from the middle I can't see nothing else at all
 my red dress lady in a black and white town
 don't turn around
 keep coming my way
 don't turn around