Just For Tonight

Just For Tonight (2006)

I saw this friend
A few days ago
Only last week
Next thing I know

The phone call it came
That he came and went
Now I think about
Time never spent

I seldom hang out
I can’t find the time
What will they say
When that time is mine
They might say I talked to her
A time or two
But I hardly knew her
Me neither. Did you?
Now you say to me
It is what it is
I thought we’d be
Better than this
Caught in our lives
Before that goodnight
Can’t we just once
Put all that aside
Can’t we just once
Be what we dream
Just for tonight

We go writing songs
By night and by day
Mostly too long
And not much to say

I would write more
If I could make those words fly
And if they don’t soar
I’ve no reason why

So I might write that song
That serious one
Then people just think
I do this for fun

But I know time will come
When I leave this joint
And if it don’t count
Yeah, what is the point?

It might be true
It is what it is
I thought we’d do
Better than this
And rise above
Before that goodnight
Can’t we just once
Put all that aside
Can’t we just once
Do what we dream
Just for tonight

Before we are done
Can’t we just face
The terrible mess
We’ve left of this place

Jesus is here
Allah is too
Whatever you call Him
She is in you

But we forget
All that it’s worth
And quietly waste
This time here on earth

May I remind you
If we don’t know for sure
In each one of us
Is what it’s all for

It might be true
It is what it is
I know we can do
Better than this
And rise above
The way we are now
Can’t we just once
Put weapons aside
Can’t we just once
Take stock in our lives
Can’t we just once
Be one world in peace
Just for tonight

Can’t we just once
Put weapons aside
Can’t we just once
Take stock in our lives
Can’t we just once
Be one world in peace
Just for tonight
Just for tonight