Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You - Esther Phillips

Throw my ticket out the window Throw my suitcase out there too Throw my troubles out the door I don't need them anymore 'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you I should have left this town this morning But that was more than I could do Oh, your love comes on so strong And I've waited all day long For tonight when I'll be staying here with you Is it really any wonder? The love that a stranger might receive You cast your spell and I went under Now I find it so difficult to leave I can hear that whistle blowing I see that stationmaster, too If there's a poor boy on the street Then let him take my seat 'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you Throw my ticket out the window Throw my suitcase out there, too Throw my troubles out the door I don't need them anymore 'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you Yeah, tonight I'll be staying here with you

Throw my ticket out the window Throw my suitcase out there, too Throw my troubles out the door I don't need them any more 'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you I should have left this town this morning But it was more than I could do For, your love comes on so strong And I've waited all day long For tonight when I'll be staying here with you Is it really any wonder The love that a stranger might receive? You cast your spell and I went under I find it so difficult to leave I can hear that whistle blowin' I see that stationmaster, too If there's a poor boy on the street Then let him have my seat 'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you Throw my ticket out the window Throw my suitcase out there, too Throw my troubles out the door I don't need them any more 'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you

5 a.m. where's my friend Sunset Boulevard Flashing lights, read my rights Guess I went to far Talking trash, spend my cash No one else to blame It's always end, it's always ends the same If I'm not in jail tonight If I don't in hell tonight And if I don't lose a fight And if I don't lose my mind I'll be with you I'll be with you Oh dearling, everytime I try to stop Everytime they call the cops If I don't do the stupid things I do I'll be with you Sleep all day, up all night Story of my life Try to change, change my ways I can't get it right I'll get clean, Charlie Sheen Maybe not today It always ends, it always ends the same If I'm not in jail tonight If I don't in hell tonight And if I don't lose a fight And if I don't lose my mind I'll be with you I'll be with you Oh darling, every time I try to stop Every time they call the cops If I don't do the stupid shit I do I'll be with you I'll be with you Oh darling, every time I try to stop Every time they call the cops If I don't do the stupid shit I do I'll be with you If I'm not in jail tonight If I don't in hell tonight And if I don't lose a fight And if I don't lose my mind I'll be with you I'll be with you Oh darling, every time I try to stop Every time they call the cops If I don't do the stupid shit I do I'll be with you I'll be with you Oh darling, every time I try to stop Every time they call the cops If I don't do the stupid shit I do I'll be with you

Take one step And make it count Hold your breath then let it out What's left unsaid, say it loud There's a fire in me That's still burning I'm sending out a searchlight Shine it out until I find you, oh Can you bring me back to life When my heart's in smithereens I wanna feel what it's like To be surrounded by you, oh So I'm sending out a searchlight To bring you back to me I'm lost again in this night The sun just leads me into shadows In my bones, in my blood You cure my disease Like a remedy I'm sending out a searchlight (searchlight) Shine it out until I find you, ohh Can you bring me back to life (to life) When my heart's in smithereens I wanna feel what it's like (it's like) To be surrounded by you, oh So I'm sending out a searchlight To bring you back to me Like a wild river, in a hurricane Like a fallen empire, I will rise again Take one step, and make it count I'm sending out a searchlight (searchlight) Shine it out until I find you, oh Can you bring me back to life (to life) When my heart's in smithereens I wanna feel what it's like (it's like) To be surrounded by you, ohh So I'm sending out a searchlight (searchlight) To bring you back to me

Right now I need an escape From this gravity that holds me down We gotta leave here today 'Cause insanity is all around 'Cause we're works of art We're fallin' stars We're fire waiting for a spark Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down No, we're never gonna come down Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down It's getting harder to breathe In this atmosphere, from these dizzy heights With you closer to me, we can disappear In this endless night 'Cause we're works of art We're fallin' stars We're fire waiting for a spark Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down No, we're never gonna come down Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna touch the ground No, we're never gonna touch the ground If you follow me in this mystery We can swim inside these clouds Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down I'm not giving up, giving up We're so high Won't you look at us, look at us? Tonight Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down No, we're never gonna come down Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna touch the ground No, we're never gonna touch the ground If you follow me in this mystery We could swim inside these crowds Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down If you follow me in this mystery We could swim inside these crowds Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down, no