Hopp til innholdet

Sangtekst

Her turn to deal

Steinar Albrigtsen · Tekst og musikk: Pacheco/Albrigtsen

HE’S BEEN OUT LATE EVERY NIGHT WALTZING THROUGH THE NEON LIGHTS LEAVING HER ALONE BESIDE THE PHONE SHE WARNED HIM SO MANY TIMES SHE’S A WOMAN IN HER PRIME SHE CAN FIND SOME COMFORT ON HER OWN

SHE GOT ALL DOLLED UP IN BLACK AND BOUGHT HERSELF A VELVET HAT AND DROVE DOWN TO A BAR ON BASIN STREET SHE ORDERED A DOUBLE SCOTCH CROSSED HER LONG LEGS,LOOKIN’ HOT A SCARLET GARDER WRAPPED ABOVE HER KNEE

SHE’S LEAVING WITH THE NEXT GOOD LOOKING GUY TO CATCH HER EYE THE WAY SHE’S LOOKIN’-SHE WON’T HAVE TO TRY TONIGHT HE’S GONNA COME HOME TO AN EMPTY BED FOR REAL TONIGHT HE’S GONNA KNOW HOW BAD A BROKEN HEART CAN FEEL SHE’S HAD ENOUGH-SHE’S CALLED HIS BLUFF-NOW IT’S HER TURN TO DEAL

THE BAND WENT ON A TEN O’FIVE THE RYTHM SECTION IT DID DRIVE SHE CAUGHT THE EYE OF EVERYBODY THERE SHE NEVER FELT SO GOOD BEFORE SO CONFIDENT,SO SELF ASSURED WITH MEN LIKE HONEYBEES AROUND HER CHAIR

SHE’S LEAVING....(2X)