When The Night Comes

The offices are emptying
Their pale-faced wards into the street
Flickering their strip-light eyes
Shivering they readjust their lives
From the air-conditioned heat

The humdrum and mundane
Is nearly driving them insane
You get hooked so quick to anything
Even your chains, you're crouching in your corner
'Til they open up your cage

When the night comes
It'll help you disappear
When the night comes
Forget about the day that brought you here

Frankie takes the train and makes it home
In time to catch the evening news
Opening a can of beans he learns the world
Has turned without much help from him

Hey Frank, why not get drunk tonight?
Hey Frank, hey, I think it'll be alright
You'll be too far gone to notice
When the neighbors start complaining
They're used to it by now, every day's the same

When the night comes
It'll help you disappear
When the night comes
Forget about the day that brought you here

When the night comes
He might get on the phone
And she's a stuck-up bitch
But she lives on her own

And he heard her talking dirty
To the girls the other day
And she knew that he had heard her
And she looked as if to say

And then later up in marketing
While going through the files
She bent a little too far down
Then turned around and smiled

He got her number
He got the phone
He dialed the number
He heard the tone

He said, "Tonight's the night
That I've been waiting for
Oh, I know you've seen me
Worship you from afar

And I might tell you that I love you
And I will but just for
Tonight, one night's alright
Tonight, just one night, just one night
Just one night

In his three piece cunning camouflage
Nobody can guess what Frankie's thinking
Last night she said, "I don't know if I'm drowning
Maybe it's because I'm sinking"

He said, "It'll be okay, I'll get outta here one day"
And she said, "Frankie
You're no different from any of the rest
They've nailed you to that table
And chained you to your desk"

When the night comes
It'll help you disappear
When the night comes
Forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it
Forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it
Forget it, forget it, forget it
Forget about the day that brought you here