The Cat Empire - Lyrics - So Many Nights

Song title: So Many Nights
Written by: F Riebl
Featured recordings:
- So Many Nights (2007)
- So Many Nights (single) (2007)
- Live on Earth (2009)

Lyrics:
It doesn't matter what I say, it doesn't matter what I do
It seems I'm going to have to change my look for you cos
I've got two shoes but they've been walked too far
And I think that we could float from evening to the stars

When I see you in the distance with your friends
I look around and then I look down at my threads
It's inappropriate that I should present like a
Retired matador with unpaid rent...

So many nights I'm still thinking about you
And so many nights you step in and I walk through
So he doesn't care except he still combs his hair
So what am I supposed to do?

I bought a suit and I bought a top hat,
And I put a red stripe down the side of my slacks
Went to the barber got my hair cut high
And I bought a ticket for the opera tonight

But when I see you, your bodice and your pride
It's nice to greet you with an interrupted stride, besides
You say "good evening", you don't say "goodnight"
And I can't deny that

So many nights I'm still thinking about you
And so many nights you step in and I walk through
So he doesn't care except he still combs his hair
Cos I found what to do...

Put your waistcoat on...
Put your waistcoat on...

So many nights I'm still thinking about you
And so many nights you step in and I walk through
So he doesn't care except he still combs his hair
So what am I supposed to do?

So many nights I'm still thinking about you
And so many nights until I changed my suit
And when I'm bare, don't need to comb my hair
Cos I found what to do...

Put your waistcoat on...
(It doesn't matter what I say, doesn't really matter what I do...)
Put your waistcoat on...
(I'm gonna have to, I'm gonna have to change my look for you...)
Put your waistcoat on...
Put your waistcoat on...