She don't want nobody near   But you can't get away from that   They appear and disappear   And they all get a string attached   Pretty soon they got you hanging on a line   Pretty soon they're singing one by one the same old rhyme   They say, "I'm alright, I just can't get home tonight."      She don't want nobody home   Cause it's a little too crowded then   But she don't wanna be alone   So they just keep pouring in   Pretty soon they got her headed for the door   She comes home to find that they're not hanging 'round no more   She says "I'm alright, you just can't get home tonight."   Don't you wonder what she looks like in the light?   She says "I'm alright, I just can't get home tonight."      Pretty whitewashed lies   Endless alibis   And the reasons that need cleaning every night   Half a world away   You can't wash away the stain of the deceiving   And the things that you cannot believe, and well...      She don't want no one around   Cause she don't want anybody to see   What she looks like when she's down   Cause that's a really sad place to be   Pretty soon she gets them crawling up the walls   Then she wonders why they beg her please to never call   She says, "I'm ok. It's alright. Hey, look who's on TV tonight."   She says, "I'm alright, I just can't get home tonight."   Don't you wonder why it's dark outside at night?   She says, I'm alright, I just can't get home tonight."