When The Night Comes Lyrics - The Fine Art Of Surfacing - Boomtown Rats

The offices are emptying 

Their pale-faced wards into the street 

Flickering their strip-light eyes 

Shivering they readjust their lives 

From the air-conditioned heat 

The humdrum and mundane 

Is nearly driving them insane 

You get hooked so quick to anything 

Even your chains, you're crouching in your corner 

'Til they open up your cage 

When the night comes 

It'll help you disappear 

When the night comes 

Forget about the day that brought you here 

Frankie takes the train and makes it home 

In time to catch the evening news 

Opening a can of beans he learns the world 

Has turned without much help from him 

Hey Frank, why not get drunk tonight? 

Hey Frank, hey, I think it'll be alright 

You'll be too far gone to notice 

When the neighbors start complaining 

They're used to it by now, every day's the same 

When the night comes 

It'll help you disappear 

When the night comes 

Forget about the day that brought you here 

When the night comes 

He might get on the phone 

And she's a stuck-up bitch 

But she lives on her own 

And he heard her talking dirty 

To the girls the other day 

And she knew that he had heard her 

And she looked as if to say 

And then later up in marketing 

While going through the files 

She bent a little too far down 

Then turned around and smiled 

He got her number 

He got the phone 

He dialed the number 

He heard the tone 

He said, "Tonight's the night 

That I've been waiting for 

Oh, I know you've seen me 

Worship you from afar 

And I might tell you that I love you 

And I will but just for 

Tonight, one night's alright 

Tonight, just one night, just one night 

Just one night 

In his three piece cunning camouflage 

Nobody can guess what Frankie's thinking 

Last night she said, "I don't know if I'm drowning 

Maybe it's because I'm sinking" 

He said, "It'll be okay, I'll get outta here one day" 

And she said, "Frankie 

You're no different from any of the rest 

They've nailed you to that table 

And chained you to your desk" 

When the night comes 

It'll help you disappear 

When the night comes 

Forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it 

Forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it 

Forget it, forget it, forget it 

Forget about the day that brought you here