Cheap perfume and painted faces
 
 Fallen angles fill the places
 
 Where I go when my troubles pull me down
 
 And all the lies I know they'll tell me
 
 And the time that they will sell me
 
 For a while I'll be the biggest man in town
 
  
  Back at home in bed she's crying
 
 For her love for me is dying
 
 But she'll pray I'll make it safely through the night
 
 When the morning sun starts showing
 
 To her bedside I'll be going
 
 And she'll hold me while I face the morning light
  
 
 And I'll make promises, promises to change
 
 I'll make her promises and swear I'll rearrange
 
 And I'll start giving all the love she needs
 
 If only she will stay
  
 
 Once again she'll reasure me
 
 And I believe her love will cure me
 
 And I'll fall asleep with tears on my face
 
 Lord, I know she's just a woman
 
 And her love can't last forever
 
 And someday soon I know
 
 She'll leave without a trace
  
 
 For broken promises will tear her dreams apart
 
 Just token promises will someday break her heart
 
 And for the last time she'll hold me when I cry
 
 And while I'm sleeping she'll quietly say goodbye