[Intro: funk guitar, brass hit, electric piano] One a.m. in Shinjuku and I let the last train go Asked the clerk for a room for one, he said the best ones are solo [Verse 1] Got the promotion at a quarter after nine Boss said well done in a single typed line No cake in the break room, nobody at the door So I carried my own party to the seventh floor Room eleven, pink sofa, two mics on a stand Book of every song on earth and the remote in my hand Heels off under the table and my badge in my coat I'm the boss of this room and I'm hitting every note [Pre-Chorus] Nobody's clapping, so I clap for me Nobody's singing harmony The mirror ball is spinning for an audience of one And one is plenty when the night has just begun [Chorus] Karaoke for one, I'm the star and the crowd Singing every ballad up a little too loud Screen says ninety eight and I'm taking a bow Nobody threw a party, so I'm throwing it now Karaoke for one, one more song, one more round I'm the queen of room eleven till the first train comes around [Verse 2] Night clerk knocks with a melon soda on a tray Says it's on the house, the manager's away Then he's back at two with some fries I didn't buy Leaning in the doorway right as I go for the high Next door a salaryman's been crying through a love song since one I knock on the wall and he knocks back like the duet's begun I sang a song in French and I don't know a single word And my mother's kitchen song, I still know every word [Pre-Chorus] Nobody's clapping, so I clap for me Nobody's singing harmony The mirror ball is spinning for an audience of one And one is plenty when the night has just begun [Chorus] Karaoke for one, I'm the star and the crowd Singing every ballad up a little too loud Screen says ninety eight and I'm taking a bow Nobody threw a party, so I'm throwing it now Karaoke for one, one more song, one more round I'm the queen of room eleven till the first train comes around [Instrumental: alto sax solo over funk guitar and brass] [Bridge: half time, electric piano and bass] Ten years of staying late so somebody else could shine Ten years of fixing numbers with their names on every line If nobody gives a speech, I'll give one to the screen Ladies and gentlemen, the best you've never seen [Verse 3] Four a.m., he knocks and says the room is almost through Then he grabs the second mic and says I've got one more for you He sings it flat as a parking lot and doesn't care at all And the salaryman is singing harmony right through the wall Five a.m. on the sidewalk and the sky is going blue He bows and says same time next year, bring the next promotion too First train rolling in and I'm humming on the stairs I threw my own party and the whole city was there [Final Chorus: key change, full brass, male harmony] Karaoke for one, I was the star and the crowd Sang every ballad up a little too loud Screen said one hundred and I took a bow Nobody threw a party, so I'm throwing it now Karaoke for one, one more song, one more round I'm the queen of room eleven till the first train comes around [Outro: funk guitar, brass fade] Room eleven, one a.m. Next promotion, I'll be back again
