Workin' In Corners

(album: Poet In My Window - 1982)

It's a southern road west of New Orleans
I'm fighting off a cold
From these winter rounds
Houston
She's just around the corner
But I think I'll stop off here in Lafayette
Lord and have me another round

I've been working in corners all alone at night
Pulling down whiskey
Keeping my eyes away from the lights
I'll never be a fool but I will gamble foolishly
I've never let go of love
Till I lost it in my dreams
I don't want to go to sleep
'Cause I just might dream

I'm stronger now, there was a man in my hometown
He sang so pretty
I'm glad he turned my head around
But I'd forgotten how to play a one night stand
Lord I didn't have a word to say
Just holding that stranger's hand

I've been working in corners all alone at night
Pulling down whiskey
Keeping my eyes away from the lights
I'll never be a fool but I will gamble foolishly
I've never let go of love
Till I lost it in my dreams
I don't want to go to sleep
'Cause I just might dream

These city streets at five in the morning
I would've stopped to phone you
But I'm almost home
At my back door
There's a porch light that's shining
I just don't mind living here by myself
If I leave it on

I've been working in corners all alone at night
Pulling down whiskey
Keeping my eyes away from the lights
I'll never be a fool but I will gamble foolishly
I've never let go of love
Till I lost it in my dreams
I don't want to go to sleep
'Cause I just might dream

I don't want to go to sleep
'Cause I just might dream
Don't want to go to sleep
You know I sure can dream
And I sure can dream
Sure can dream