Girl in the Hallway

There's a girl in the hallway She's been sleeping on the stairs She's got lipstick on her cigarette And flowers in her hair She says she's going somewhere But she never tells me where She's got twenty-seven reasons And a ticket she won't share There's a man across the street Who says he's Jesus Christ He's been selling second-hand salvation For a very decent price And the girl in the hallway Bought herself a little piece Now she's smoking by the window Talking quietly about peace And it's alright It's alright If you wanna stay the night It's alright It's alright We don't have to get it right And it's alright It's alright Just don't turn on the light Well, she came into my bedroom With a bottle of cheap wine Said she didn't want a lover She just wanted to kill time So we talked about her mother And the people we despise She said everybody's lonely I said everybody lies In the morning she was leaving With my jacket and my shoes Said she'd send me back a postcard From a place without the blues I said, darling, there's no such place She said, honey, don't be cruel Then she kissed me on the forehead Like a child going to school And it's alright It's alright If you wanna stay the night It's alright It's alright We don't have to get it right And it's alright It's alright Just don't turn on the light Well, the funny thing about love is Nobody really knows If it's coming through the window Or it's leaving with your clothes And I've been standing in this hallway For an hour, possibly two And I don't know what I'm waiting for But I think it might be you And it's alright It's alright You can leave without goodbye It's alright It's alright Everybody has to lie It's alright It's alright Just don't turn on the light There's a girl in the hallway There's a girl in the hallway There's a girl in the hallway But she doesn't live here anymore.