[Verse 1] It isn't the dress Though the dress knows what it's doing It isn't the perfume Though I noticed when you moved It's something in the way You listen before answering Like silence doesn't frighten you And nothing needs improving [Verse 2] You laugh without checking To see who heard the sound You don't need everybody's eyes To know when you look good around town And every now and then You look across the table Like you're letting me discover What you could have told me yourself [Chorus] You wear the evening well Better than the city lights Something in the way you smile Makes everything feel right You wear the evening well Like the night was made for you And every hour looks better Since I started spending it with you [Verse 3] I've known beautiful women Who made beauty feel like work Every compliment expected Every silence somehow hurt But you make being beside you Feel easy as a song And a man starts remembering What he's been missing all along [Chorus] You wear the evening well Better than the city lights Something in the way you smile Makes everything feel right You wear the evening well Like the night was made for you And every hour looks better Since I started spending it with you [Bridge] Maybe elegance is nothing You can purchase or pretend Maybe it's knowing who you are When nobody needs impressed And maybe what I'm seeing Has less to do with how you look Than the quiet way your presence Changes every room you enter [Final Chorus] You wear the evening well And I hope it lasts awhile Let the city keep its glitter I've got something better in your smile You wear the evening well And if midnight comes too soon I'll remember how you made A crowded city feel like one small room [Outro] You wear it well You wear it well This whole evening You wear it well [FADE]
