Well I hung around like cigarette smoke on your jacket   And in the motel rooms the lullaby was the sound of traffic   And the pretty girls on the avenue they give it up for free   I stand in a streetlight so everyone can see I’m so lonely without you      Chorus:   Baby sing me to sleep turn down the covers ‘cause talk is cheap   Baby sing me to sleep ah turn out the lights   Remember the nights when the rain fell eighteen inches deep   Baby sing me to sleep      And at closing time we’re a nickel and a dime   In the deep back pocket of America   Trying to find wings or something to carry you home   Right now you better make the best of your situation   Escape through a hole in the conversation   The sun comes up like a revelation and I’m so lonely without you      Repeat chorus      But you came up like a wind came up like a weed   All black and blue all lipstick and need   To dig a hole in your heart to bury the doubts   She holds the bottle like a gun in her mouth      You head downtown in your black leather jacket   You’re getting old now but you still stop traffic   The sun comes slow like it’s thinking it over   The moon shoots a dirty look over it’s shoulder   And I’m so lonely without you