She lives her life in honky tonks and the crowded backstreet bar A world of make believe that knows no sun, no moon or stars Just a glitter of the great white way and the glare of city lights Where the music's loud, she's in the crowd, a lonely girl in the night I wonder if she's thinking of dreams that didn't last I wonder if she's haunted by heartaches from the past Perhaps there is a story of a love that wasn't right Now those shadows hide her empty pride, a lonely girl in the night I watch her sit there so lonely, as she lights her cigarette And the smoke rings rise, but in her eyes Oh, there seems to be such regret Is she's there to tempt her lover? And that dress that hugs her tight With a glass of wine to pass her time, just a lonely girl in the night I wonder if she's thinking of dreams that didn't last I wonder if she's haunted by heartaches from the past Perhaps there is a story of a love that wasn't right Now those shadows hide her empty pride, a lonely girl in the night