I Hope I Don't Fall in Love lyrics

Well I hope that I don't fall in love with you

'Cause falling in love just makes me blue,

Well the music plays and you display

Your heart for me to see,

I had a beer and now I hear you

Calling out for me

And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.

Well the room is crowded, people everywhere

And I wonder, should I offer you a chair?

Well if you sit down with this old clown,

Take that frown and break it,

Before the evening's gone away,

I think that we could make it,

And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.

Well the night does funny things inside a man

These old tom-cat feelings you don't understand,

Well I turn around to look at you,

You light a cigarette,

I wish I had the guts to bum one,

But we've never met,

And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.

I can see that you are lonesome just like me,

And it being late, you'd like some some company,

Well I turn around to look at you,

And you look back at me,

The guy you're with has up and split,

The chair next to you's free,

And I hope that you don't fall in love with me.

Now it's closing time, the music's fading out

Last call for drinks, I'll have another stout.

Well I turn around to look at you,

You're nowhere to be found,

I search the place for your lost face,

Guess I'll have another round

And I think that I just fell in love with you.

• Artist:Tom Waits
• Album:Closing Time (1973)