Standing in the Doorway - Chrissie Hynde

I’ve been walking through the Summer nights

The jukebox playing low

Yesterday everything was going too fast

Today it’s moving too slow

I’ve got no place left to turn

I’ve got nothing left to burn

I don’t know if I saw you

If I would kiss you or kill you

It probably wouldn’t matter to you anyhow

You left me standing in the doorway crying

I got nothing to go back to now

The light in this place is so bad

Making me sick in the head

All the laughter is just making me sad

The stars have turned cherry red

I’m strumming on my gay guitar

Smoking a cheap cigar

The ghost of our old love

Has not gone away

Not looking like it will any time soon

You left me standing in the doorway crying

Under the midnight moon

Maybe they’ll get me And maybe they won’t

But not tonight and it won’t be here

There are things I could stay

But I don’t

I know the mercy of God must be near

I been riding a midnight train

Got ice water in my veins

I would be crazy

If I took you back

It would go up against every rule

You left me standing in the doorway crying

Suffering like a fool

When the last rays of daylight go down

Buddy, you’ll roll no more

I can hear the church bells ringing in the yard

I wonder who they’re ringing for

I know I can’t win

But my heart just won’t give in Last night I danced with a stranger

But she just reminded me you were the one

You left me standing in the doorway crying

In the dark land of the sun

I’ll eat when I’m hungry, drink when I’m dry

And live my life on the square

And even if the flesh falls off of my face

I know someone will be there to care

It always means so much

Even the softest touch

I see nothing to be gained by any explanation

There are no words that need to be said

You left me standing in the doorway crying

Blues wrapped around my head