Written and recorded by Hank Thompson
C F
She lives her life in honky tonks and crowded backstreet bars
G7 C G7
The world of make believe that knows no sun or moon or stars
C F
Just a glitter of a great white way and the glare of city lights
G7 C
Where music's loud she's in the crowd a girl in the night
F C
I wonder if she's thinking of dreams that didn't last
D7 G7
I wonder if she's haunted by heartaches from the past
C F
Perhaps there is a story of a love that wasn't right
G7 C
Now shadows hide her empty pride a girl in the night
F
She's sitting there so lonely as she lights a cigarette
G7 C G7
The smoke rings rise and in her eyes there seems to be regret
C F
Is she there to tempt the lover in a dress that hugs her tight
G7 C
A glass of wine to pass the time a girl in the night
Repeat #2
G7 C
Now shadows hide her empty pride a girl in the night
