She lives her life in honky tonks and crowded backstreet bars   A world of make believe that knows no sun or moon or stars   Just a glitter of the great white way and the glare of city lights   Where music's loud she's in the crowd, a girl in the night      I wonder if she's thinking of dreams that didn't last   I wonder if she's haunted by heartaches from the past   Perhaps there is a story of a love that wasn't right   Now shadows hide her empty pride, a girl in the night      She's sitting there so lonely as she lights a cigarette   The smoke rings rise and in her eyes there seems to be regret   Is she there to tempt the lover in a dress that hugs her tight?   A glass of wine to pass the time, a girl in the night      I wonder if she's thinking of dreams that didn't last   I wonder if she's haunted by heartaches from the past   Perhaps there is a story of a love that wasn't right   Now shadows hide her empty pride, a girl in the night   Now shadows hide her empty pride, a girl in the night