Someone Saved My Life Tonight

When I think of those East End lights Muggy nights, The curtains drawn in the little room downsairs Prima Donna, Lord, you really should have been there, Sitting like a princess perched in her electric chair And its one more beer, And I dont hear you anymore Weve all gone crazy lately, My friends out there, Rolling round the basement floor And someone saved my life tonight, sugar bear You almost had your hooks in me Didnt you dear You nearly had me roped and tied, Altar-bound, hypnotized, Sweet freedom whispered in my ear Youre a butterfly, And butterflies are free to fly, Fly away, high away bye bye I never realized the passing hours Of evening showers, A slip noose hanging in my darkest dreams Im strangled by your haunted social scene Just a pawn outplayed by a dominating queen Its four oclock in the morning Damn it Listen to me good Im sleeping with myself tonight Saved in time, thank God my music is still alive And someone saved my life tonight, sugar bear You almost had your hooks in me Didnt you dear You nearly had me roped and tied, Altar-bound, hypnotized, Sweet freedom whispered in my ear Youre a butterfly, And butterflies are free to fly, Fly away, high away bye bye And I would have walked head on Into the deep end of the river, Clinging to your stocks and bonds Paying your H.P. demands forever Theyre coming in the morning With a truck to take me home Someone saved my life tonight Someone saved my life tonight Someone saved my life tonight Someone saved my life tonight Someone saved my life tonight So save your strength And run the field you play alone And someone saved my life tonight, sugar bear You almost had your hooks in me Didnt you dear You nearly had me roped and tied, Altar-bound, hypnotized, Sweet freedom whispered in my ear Youre a butterfly, And butterflies are free to fly, Fly away, high away bye bye Someone saved my life tonight Someone saved my life tonight Someone saved my life tonight Someone saved my life tonight Someone saved my life tonight