Don’t Wait Up

Don’t wait up. I’ll be home late.

I’m going out tonight.

Don’t you worry, I’ll be fine.

I’m going where the lights are bright.

Dancing, singing off the wall,

Hanging out until last call,

Laughing til it hurts, so, don’t wait up.

 

I’ve been working these poor bones

Til past the setting sun.

Can’t deny I’m overdue to go out for a little fun.

I’d ask you to come along

But you’d think it’s corrupt, so

I’ll say goodnight and tell you, “Don’t wait up.”

It’s just a little honky-tonk

Where friends all gather round

To laugh and have a drink or three

Where no one tries to put you down.

I’ll be drinking kindness from

A never-empty cup until

They turn the lights out, so don’t wait up.

 

Don’t wait up. I’ll be home late.

I’m going out tonight.

Don’t you worry, I’ll be fine.

I’m going where the lights are bright.

Dancing, singing off the wall,

Hanging out until last call,

Laughing til it hurts, so, don’t wait up.