[INTRO] Nothing happening. Nothing ever happens. Then you look out the window And everybody's doing something. [VERSE 1] I got a room with a view of the street, Everybody's got a secret and a place they gotta be. I saw some funny business—don't ask me what I mean. You ever see a thing you can't unsee? Now I'm bored, now I'm wired, Now I'm looking at the ceiling like the ceiling's on fire. Everybody's got a body, everybody's got a plan, I just wanna be around somebody who can stand Being around me. [CHORUS] Room with a view, but nobody's here. Everybody's close, nobody's near. I don't need love—don't make me laugh. Just somebody on the other half Of the room, of the night, of the bed— I got a whole lot of nothing in my head. [VERSE 2] Went downstairs where the music was loud, Dancing with tourists, lost in the crowd. They had their own jokes, their own little scenes, I smiled like I knew what a smile even means. One lady said I danced like a kid, I said, "That's funny," like I meant what I did. I could've asked her something, anything real— Instead I made a wisecrack and forgot how to feel. [CHORUS] Room with a view, but nobody's here. Everybody's close, nobody's near. I don't need love—don't make me laugh. Just somebody on the other half Of the room, of the night, of the bed— I got a whole lot of nothing in my head. [VERSE 3] Then Sunny came up, said she'd stay for a while. I tried to act casual, tried on a smile. I thought I knew the deal, thought I knew the score, Then the whole damn thing got strange at the door. I didn't want what I said I wanted. Didn't know what I wanted till I got it. Maurice had a face like a bill coming due, And I had a mouth that kept running right through. [BREAK] I said I didn't— I said I wouldn't— I said— [VERSE 4] Then the room tilted hard and the jokes went flat, A fist in my gut and a shoe in my back. Funny how quick you can get rearranged When you think you're in charge of a thing you can't name. I called them phonies. I called them obscene. I called everybody everything in between. But I was the one looking through the glass, Trying to get close without letting anyone ask. [OUTRO] Room with a view. Great view. Terrific view. Nobody looking back.
