Song Description

NEAR ROMANCE FOR TYOICAL LONELY PEOPLE-HARRY CHAPIN STYLE STORY SONG

Lyrics

LONNIE THE LOSER & EASY MARY

COPYRIGHT 1980 LARY MANGUM

AFTER THE PEEP SHOW CLOSED, HE WALKED TOWARD HOME ALONE
HE?D NEVER BEEN MUCH OF A LADY?E MAN BUT IT DIDN?T SEEM TO WORRY HIM NONE
HE?D KNOW THE EXCITEMENT OF SEEING, A BEAUTIFUL BODY IN MOTION
BUT FOR LONNIE THE LOSER THE EXCITEMENT OF TOUCHING WAS ONLY A HEARD ABOUT NOTION

WELL IT WASN?T REALLY ALL THAT LATE, SO HE STOPPED BY THE BAR FOR A DRINK
HE DIDN?T REALLY FEEL LIKE BEING ALONE AND THE BAR TENDER KNEW HIS FIRST NAME
MAYBE HE?D FIND CONVERSATION, OR AT LEAST HE COULD HEAR ALL THE NEWS
HE MIGHT EVEN SEE SOME LADY WHO COULD PROVIDE A NEW FACE FOR HIS DREAMS

BE KIND TO THE PEOPLE OF THE NIGHT, BE KIND TO THE PEOPLE OF THE NIGHT

SHE SAT AT THE BAR ALL NIGHT, BUT NOBODY BOUGHT HER A DRINK
ONLY THE BAR TENDER HEARD HER REMARK, THAT SHE ALMOST NEVER STAYED OUT THIS LATE
HE?D WATCHED HER SIT ON THAT BAR STOOL, FOR THE LAST FIVE NIGHTS IN A ROW
EVERYBODY SAYS MARY EASY BUT NOBODY HERE SEEMS TO CARE IF IT?S SO

MARY WATCHED LONNIE WALK IN, SHE COULD SEE HE WAS A KINDRED SOUL
SHE ASKED HIM IF IT WAS RAINING BUT THAT WASN?T REALLY WHAT SHE WANTED TO KNOW
THEY TALKED FOR OVER AN HOUR, ABOUT THINGS NO ONE ELSE CARED TO HEAR
A THIMBLE OF WATER TO A THIRSTY MAN IS LIKE AN ALCOHOLIC DRINKIN?S A BEER


BE KIND TO THE PEOPLE OF THE NIGHT, BE KIND TO THE PEOPLE OF THE NIGHT

AFTER THE BARROOM CLOSED , THEY WALKED TOWARD HOME ALONE
MARY FELT GOOD ABOUT HAVING A FRIEND, LONNIE THOUGHT HE MIGHT BE IN LOVE
THEY EACH WENT TO THEIR OWN APARTMENT, BOTH HOPING THAT THEY?D MEET AGAIN
EASY MARY LIVES IN APARTMENT 212, LONNIE LIVES APARTMENT 210


BE KIND THEY?RE JUST PEOPLE OF THE NIGHT, BE KIND TO THE PEOPLE OF THE NIGHT

LARRY MANGUM
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