Kathleen - Josh Ritter

All the other girls here are stars

You are the Northern Lights

They try to shine

In through your curtains

You're too close and too bright

They try and they try

But everything that they do

Is the ghost of a trace

Of a pale imitation of you

I'll be the one to drive

You back home Kathleen

This party is made with the night air

And the chance that a smile

Will wind its way from your face

To one of the boys in your line

You act like you're hip

To their tricks and you're strong

But a virgin Wurlitzer

Heart never once had a song

I'll be the one to drive

You back home Kathleen

And I'll have you back by break of day

I'm going your way anyway

And if you'd like to come along

I'll be yours for a song

I know you are waiting

And I know that it is not for me

But I'm here and I'm ready

And I've saved you the passenger seat

I won't be your last dance

Just your last goodnight

Every heart is a package tangled up

In knots someone else tied

I'll be the one to drive

You back home Kathleen

So crawl up your trellis

And quietly back into your room

And I'll coast down the length

Of your drive by the light of the moon

And the next time we meet

The new kind of hello

Both our hearts have a secret

Only both of us know

Bout the night

That I drove you back home Kathleen