He takes another drink   Of what, who knows,   No time to think   He'll wake up here tomorrow   Always alone      The letter next to him   Begins "I miss you Evelyn"   Then nothing more is written   This is no TV show   This is real and he knows   And the shadows from the window   Are casting shapes just like a puppet show      Once in the night   Once in the night   Once in the night   Once in the night      Decisions he has made   The failures of a new decade   Inform his every movement   He has visions of atonement      The television says   Beware, we're in our final days   And a blonde canary gameshow   Fills up the screen   Oh Lord, she must be sixteen!      And the shadows from the window   Are casting shapes just like a puppet show      Once in the night   Once in the night   Once in the night   Once in the night      And believing he could   He painfully stood   Holding the frame   And launched his aging body into the rain      She couldn't take the facts   She just could not keep up the act   She goes about her business   She is never alone   And this is no TV show   And the shadows from the window   Still casting shapes just like a puppet show      Once in the night   Once in the night   Once in the night   Once in the night      Once in the night   Once in the night   Once in the night   Once in the night