THINGS ARE REALLY GETTING TIGHT (Pete Ham)
[from "Demos Variety Pack" CD - recorded 1970 - released U.S. 2022]

Just got into town upon the midnight train
Didn’t have a place to go
Walking with my sorrows in the wind and rain
Destination never known

Pockets full of nothing in my overcoat
Ventilation in my shoes
Thought of all the good times as an antidote
Man, I really had the blues

What a way to spend a night
Things are really getting tight

Tried to get a ride inside a limousine
Hoping I could rest my feet
Don’t know where you’re going, only where you’ve been
Don’t know who you’re gonna meet

Saw a fella stopping in a silver cloud
Thought it couldn’t be for me
As I turned away, I heard her call out loud
Told me that her seat was free

What a way to spend a night
Things are really getting tight

Took me to a mansion on the edge of town
Told me not to look so sad
Said she couldn’t bear to see me looking down
She gave me everything she had

What a way to spend a night, yeah huh, oh yeah
Things are really getting tight, yeah yeah
What a way, what a way, what a way, what a way, what a way, what a way, what a way, what a way, yeah
What a way
Things are really getting tight, hey, yeah
What a way to spend a night
Yeah
What a way, what a way, yeah
Things are really getting tight
Yeah yeah…

lyrics transcribed by Dan Matovina

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