Frozen in the Night

She said, "All I want is someone Who can take me as I am Someone strong enough to be gentle Someone warm enough to be a friend" Her dress was black as the night was hot Her eyes so green they could kill you And the hotel room felt old And frighteningly familiar She asked him for a cigarette He asked her for her name She said, "Call me anything you want Makes no difference anyway" Her anger flared like lighting fire Her brown skin young but aging fast And the old man clung to her distance Tried to drink from an empty glass Tell me does anyone break through to you "Seldom but I never tell them if they do" Outside a siren screamed and she began to shake She sat frozen in the night like there was no escape There was no escape She turned off the lights and somewhere In the darkness flashed a gun She said, "You know what I'm after I don't wanna hurt no one" As money fell to the hardened floor The old man cursed his silence And the moon shot down so softly In mock defiance He stared out the windows While she fumbled for the door Then the old man put his clothes back on Though he didn't know what for Her dress was black as the night was hot Her eyes so green they could kill you And the hotel room grew cold And suddenly unfamiliar Tell me does anyone break through to you "Seldom but I never tell them if they do" Outside a siren screamed just a bit too late The old man sat frozen in the night like there was no escape There was no escape Tell me does anyone break through to you "Seldom but I never tell them if they do" Outside a siren screamed just a bit too late The old man sat frozen in the night like there was no escape There was no escape, there was no escape