BABE

BABE

An old lady, she went dancing
Out on the town one night
She wore her highest heels
And her dress so tight;
She wrapped a fur around her
And slid into a car
The driver dropped her off
It wasn't very far.

She had lots of money
A widow, but not old
She hugged her fur around her
And felt a bitter cold;
As she paid her money
To get into the dance
She looked all around her
Knew she didn't have a chance.

The ladies were all in groups
The men sat at the bar
All were dressed casually
Some were from afar;
The music started playing
Too fast, too soon, too loud
And she felt like a stranger
In this little seaside crowd.

She went into the ladies room
And it was full of smoke
She knew it wasn't cigarettes
It smelled more like dope;
Two women were cussing
And mad at one another
One said to the girl in jeans:
"You'd screw your own brother!"

The dance floor was covered
With beer bottles and such
The band was strictly hard rock
No-one was dancing much;
She sat alone and listened
And suddenly felt so old
She walked all the way back home
In the fog and cold.

All she had really wanted
Was some male company
A joke and a laugh or two
And she got out her key;
Into her dark house she went
Took off her old fur
And curled up on the sofa
Into her little world.

She dreamed he was still alive
That he was holding her
Saying she was beautiful
That she was his whole world;
He carried her off to bed
And loved her all night long
And just before she fell asleep
He sang her this song:

"I got you to hold my hand
I got you to understand
I got you to walk with me
I got you to talk with me;
I got you to kiss goodnight
I got you to hold me tight
I got you, I won't let go
I got you to love me so.....

I got you, babe."