I knew him as a gentle young man   I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline   We watched him fade before our very eyes   And years before his time      Surrounded himsef with shiny things   First night tickets, ermine, pearls upon a string   And disappeared in all the pestilence   That sudden pleasure brings      He never asks after her anymore   He made a point of losing her address   And every trinket that she ever touched   He keeps locked away   And just burns up in the furnace of his chest      Well I spoke to a man who says he's done it all   And the only thing that pleases or excites him now   Is hurting, hurting then hurting some more   There's someone I want to forget tonight   Don't you want to forget someone too?   I left him, and I can leave you too      Baby let's go out tonight   It will all turn out all right I'm sure   Don't want to drink at home again tonight   So let's go out   Let's go out tonight   It's getting dark earlier now   But where you are it's just getting light   Where you are it will just be getting light