A better place to be

It was an early morn-in bar-room? and the place just opened up And a little man, come in so fast? and he started at his cups And the broad who served the whiskey, She was a big old friendly girl And she tried to fight her empty nights by? smilin? at the world And she said ?Hey Bub, it?s been awhile, since you?ve been around Where the hell you been hidin?? and why you look so down?? But the little man, just sat there like he?d never heard a sound The waitress she give out a cough, and act-tin? not the least put off she spoke once again? she said ?I don?t want to bother you? consider it?s understood; I know I?m not no beauty queen, but I s-u-r-e can listen good And the little man took his drink in his hand and he raised it to his lips He took a couple of sips, and then he t-o-l-d the waitress this story I am the midnight watchman down at Miller?s Tool and Die And I watch, the metal rustin? and I watch, the time go by barre A week ago at the diner, I stopped to get a bite And this here lovely lady, she sat two seats from my right And Lord, Lord, Lord? she was all right Ah she was so damn beautiful, that she?d warm a winter?s frost But she was long past lonely, and well nigh on to lost barre Now I?m not much of a mover or a pick-em-up easy guy But I decided to glide on over, and give her one good try And Lord, Lord, Lord? she was worth the try Tongue-tied like a schoolboy, I stammered out some words But it did not really matter much, ?cause I don?t think she heard barre She just looked clear on through me, to a space back in my head And it shamed me into silence, as quietly she said ?If you want me to come with you, then that?s all right with me ?Cause I know I?m goin? nowhere, and anywhere?s a better place to be? Anywhere?s a better place to be I drove her up to my boardin? house, and I took her up to my room And I went to turn on the only light? to brighten up the gloom But she said, ?Please leave the light off? oh? I don?t mind the dark,? And as her clothes all tumbled ?round her? I could hear my heart The moonlight shone up upon her, as she lay back in my bed It was the kind of scene I only had imagined in my head barre I just could not believe it, to think that she was real And as I tried to tell her, she said, ?Sshh, I know just how you feel And if you want to co me here with me, then that?s all right with me ?cause I?ve been oh, so lonely; lovin? someone is, a better way to be Anywhere?s a better place to be? The mornin? come so swiftly, but I held her in my arms But she slept like a baby? snug and safe from harm barre I did not want to share her, with the world or break the mood So before she woke I went out? and brought us both some food I came back with my paper bag? to find that she was gone She left a six word letter? sayin? ?It?s time that I moved on? The waitress took her bar-rag? and she wiped it across her eyes And as she spoke her voice came out? as something like a sigh She said that ?I wish that I was beautiful, or that you were half-way blind And I wish? I weren?t so don-gon fat, I wish that you were mine barre And I wish? that you?d come with me when I leave for home For we both know all ?bout loneliness? and livin? all alone? And the little man? looked at the empty glass in his hand and he smiled a crooked grin? he said; ?I guess I?m out of gin, And I know? we both have been? s-o l-o-n-e-l-y And if you want me? to come with you, then that?s all right with me ?cause I know I?m goin? nowhere? and anywhere?s? a better? place? t-o b-e?