The lights are going down
In every city town
But you'll be fast asleep

There's no one that can keep
The dream out of your heart
And when you fall apart

Just hold your head up high
You have an alibi in me


Can't compromise me for you
That kind of trade would never do
Wearing shoes that don't quite fit

You lose yourself bit by bit
Completely alone now, blank page beginning
Empty head the world is spinning

Control the strings, dancing puppet on a stage
A cage


The lights are going down
In every city town
But you'll be fast asleep

There's no one that can keep
The dream out of your heart
And when you fall apart

Just hold your head up high
You have an alibi in me


Late in the afternoon
The winter's cold will soon
Rewrite the summer's lies

With frozen alibis

The lights are going down

In every city town
But you'll be fast asleep
There's no one that can keep

The love out of your heart
And when you fall apart
Just hold your head up high

You have an alibi in me