A Better Place Lyrics - Harry Chapin

It was an early mornin' bar room 

And the place just opened up 

And the little man came in so fast 

And he started at his cups 

And the broad who served the whiskey 

She was a big old friendly girl 

She tried to fight her empty nights 

By smilin' at the world 

And she said, "Hey bub 

It's been awhile since you been around 

Where the hell you been hidin'? 

And why you look so down?" 

The little man just sat there 

Like he'd never heard a sound 

The waitress, she gave out with a cough 

And actin' not the least put off, she spoke once again 

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She said, "I don't want to bother you 

Consider it's understood 

I know I'm not no beauty queen 

But I sure can listen good" 

And the little man took his drink in his hand 

And he raised it to his lips 

He took a couple of sips 

And he told that waitress this story 

I am the midnight watchman 

Down at Miller's Tool and Die 

And I watch the metal rustin' 

I watch the time go by 

A week ago at the diner, I stopped to get a bite 

And this here lovely lady 

She sat two seats from my right 

And Lord, Lord, Lord she was alright 

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You see, she was so damned beautiful 

She could warm a winter frost 

But she looked long past lonely 

And well now I, I was lost 

Now I'm not much of a mover 

Or a pick-'em-up easy guy 

But I decided to glide on over and give her one good try 

And Lord, Lord, Lord she was worth a try 

But I was tongued-tied like a school boy 

I stammered out some words 

It did not seem to matter much 

'Cause I don't think she heard 

She just looked clear on through me 

To a space back in my head 

And it shamed me into silence 

As quietly she said 

"If you want me to come with you 

That's all right with me 

'Cause I know I'm goin' nowhere 

And anywhere's a better place to be 

Anywhere's a better place to be" 

When I drove her to my boarding house 

And I took her up to my room 

And I went to turn on the only light 

To brighten up the gloom 

But she said, "Please leave the light off 

Oh, I don't mind the dark" 

And as her clothes all tumbled 'round her 

I could hear my heart 

The moonlight shone upon her 

As she lay back in my bed 

It was the kind of scene I only 

Had imagined in my head 

I just could not believe it 

To think that she was real 

And as I tried to tell her, she said 

"Shh, I know just how you feel" 

"And if you want to come here with me 

That's all right with me 

'Cause I've been, oh, so lonely 

Lovin' someone is a better way to be 

Anywhere's a better place to be" 

Well, the mornin' came so swiftly 

I held her in my arms 

She slept like a baby 

Snug and safe from harm 

I did not want to share her 

Or dare to break the mood 

So, before she woke I went out 

To buy us both some food 

I came back with a paper bag 

To find that she was gone 

She'd left a six word letter 

Sayin', "It's time that I moved on" 

You know that waitress took her bar rag 

And she wiped it across her eyes 

And as she spoke her voice came out 

As somethin' like a sigh 

She said, "I wish that I was beautiful 

Or that you were halfway blind 

And I wish I weren't so god-damned fat 

I wish that you were mine" 

"And I wish that you'd come with me 

When I leave for home 

For we both know all about emptiness 

And livin' all alone" 

And the little man 

Looked at the empty glass in his hand 

And he smiled a crooked grin 

He said, "I guess I'm out of gin 

And I know we both have been so lonely" 

"And if you want me to come with you 

That's alright with me 

'Cause I know I'm goin' nowhere 

And anywhere's a better place to be"