[Verse 1] The room is dim, the hour is late, The band is packing up its fate, A lonely trumpet bends the blue, And every note comes back to you. The bartender knows my name by now, He doesn’t ask me why or how, He just sets another glass in sight And says, “One more for the night.” [Verse 2] Your perfume left this place last spring, But somehow it still haunts everything. That corner booth, that old café, Still keeps the words we didn’t say. I tell myself I’ve let you go, I’ve practiced saying so real slow, But lies sound better in candlelight With one more for the night. [Chorus] Play it low, boys, play it slow, Give me something sad I know. Let the piano lose its way, Let the saxophone have its say. Love came easy, love left fast, Some nights just don’t stay in the past. So dim the room and kill the light, And pour one more for the night. [Verse 3] Outside, the taxis paint the rain, Yellow streaks across the windowpane. Two strangers laugh beneath the sign, For half a second, they look like you and I. I almost call, I almost do, Then pride reminds me we are through. Funny how a wrong can feel so right After one more for the night. [Bridge] Maybe tomorrow I’ll wake up clean, Forget your eyes, Forget this scene. Maybe tomorrow The ache will end, And memory might Become a friend. But tonight, Let the old horn cry. Tonight, I won’t ask why. [Instrumental Break] [Final Chorus] Play it low, boys, play it slow, There are some things I’d rather not know. Let the piano drift downstream, Let the trumpet finish the dream. Love came easy, love left fast, And the best part never seems to last. So close the door and hold me tight— No, never mind. Just pour one more… One more for the night. [Outro] The room is dim, The hour is gone. The band goes home, The street moves on. And somewhere between Wrong and right, I leave your memory With the night.
