She dont want nobody near

But you can't get away from that

They appear and disappear

And they all have got strings attached Pretty soon they got you hanging on the line

Pretty soon theyre singin

One by one the same old rhyme

They say, "I'm all right, I just cant get home tonight" She don't want nobody home

Cause it's a little too crowded there

She don't want to be alone

So they just keep pourin in Pretty soon they got her headed for the door

She comes home to find

Theyre not hangin round no more

She says, "I'm all right, you just cant get home tonight" Dont you wonder

What she looks like in the light?

She says Im all right, I just cant get home tonight Pretty whitewashed lies, endless alibis

And reasons that need cleanin every night

Half a world away, you can't wash away

The stain of her deceivin

And the things that you could not believe in Well, she don't want no one around

Cause she don't want anybody to see

What she looks like when she's down

Cause thats a really sad place to be Pretty soon she gets them crawling up the walls

Then she wonders why

They beg her please, then never call

She says, "I'm okay, it's all right, hey, look whos on TV tonight

She says, "I'm all right, I just can't get home tonight" Dont you wonder

Why its dark outside at night?

She says Im all right, I just cant get home tonight

She says Im all right, I just cant get home tonight