where is your boy tonight? i hope he is a gentleman
and maybe he won’t find out what i know .
you were the last good thing about this part of town .

D A Bm G
when i wake up , i’m willing to take my chances on
D A
the hope you forget that you hate him more than you notice
Bm G
i wrote this for you ( for you , so )

D A
you need him , i could be him ,
Bm G
i could be an accident but i’m still
D A Bm G
trying , and that’s more than i can say for him . . .

D A Bm G
where is your boy tonight? i hope he is a gentleman
D A
and maybe he won’t find out what i know .
Bm G D
you were the last good thing about this part of town .

D A
someday i’ll appraise a hidden value , get off my ass and call you
Bm G
in the meantime i’ll sport my brand new fashion of
D A Bm G
waking up with pants on at four in the afternoon

D A
you need him , i could be him ,
Bm G
i could be an accident but i’m still
D A Bm G
trying , and that’s more than i can say for him . . .

D A Bm G
where is your boy tonight? i hope he is a gentleman
D A
and maybe he won’t find out what i know .
Bm G D
you were the last good thing about this part of town .