"I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You" by 10000 Maniacs

[ Tom Waits ]



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 you don't fall in love with me. 

Well the night does funny things inside a man 
These old tom-cat feelings you don't understand, 
Well I turn around and 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 and 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 and the music's fading out 
Last call for drinks, I'll have another stout. 
Well I turn around to look for 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.