I called up Charlie about a quarter past nine and said, “What´s going on tonight?” He said, “No plans, but I wouldn´t mind holding a lighter head tonight.” I said, “Come to the Skyline, I´ll be washing my sins away.”
Oh, he just laughed, said: “I´ll be late, you know how I can be.”
I looked in my fridge, it was a dark scene so I buttered some bread Chewed my way out the door and walked down the street To the neon Skyline, I grabbed myself a stool at the bar Oh, somehow Rose always knows just exactly what I need
She didn´t ask, she just opened a cold can and set it down in front of me I said thanks and thought about how Judy used to come here with me But I got so tired of her calling this our disease
‘Cause I´m just fine. Sometimes I need to clear my mind, you know how that can be
Charlie walked in about a quarter past ten and I said “Greetings, old man.” He hung his coat on the wall and took the stool next to mine He asked Rose for one glass of merlot and she laughed Oh, I´m just fine, I´m wasting time, sometimes there´s no better feeling than that