I smoke a cigarette   As I wait in the bath   And I wait for you   For an hour and a half   And I go to the window   Where the sky falls down in rains   And I look across the river   Where they dance the night away      I watch the couples   On the corner of town   Men dressed in black tie   The ladies in gowns   A taxi pulls up   Drives them across the street,   Takes them to a place   Where they dance the night away      Dance the night away   Dance the night away   Dance the night away      I crawl across the bed   Playing the radio low   Trying to forget   What I already know   And I want to sleep   But the song never ends   It comes from a place   Where they dance the night away      I reach in the drawer   And I take out respect   It doctors the sickness   I took years to perfect   And I feel sweet sleep   Like the shadows on a charm   Moves to my brain   Where I dance the night away      Dance the night away   Dance the night away   Dance the night away   Dance the night away   Dance the . . .