Can't Stay for the Song

I can't stay for the song

I'm at my cousin's wedding in a borrowed tie
You're the maid of honor and you catch my eye
You laugh at the toast that nobody gets
You spill champagne on the minister's steps
We talk by the cake about nothing at all
About Chicago and the way the leaves fall
And for a minute I forget my name
And for a minute I forget the game

And the band starts playing
Something slow
And you look at me
Like you already know

I can't stay for the song
You're pretty, and it's wrong
Someone's waiting where I belong
I can't stay for the song

Oh-oh, oh-oh
Can't stay
Oh-oh

I can't stay for the song
I can't stay for the song

Maybe we'd stay

I can't stay for the song
I can't stay for the song

Can't stay

There's a girl at home and she's waiting up
She'll ask how it was and I'll say "enough"
She's good to me, and I'm good to her
And I don't want to know what we'd be, for sure
I'm nervous, I'm a mess, I'm a fool in a vest
You're wearing that color like you're dressed for the rest
Of a movie that I'm not in
So I'm leaving before it begins

And the band starts playing
Something slow
And you look at me
Like you already know

I can't stay for the song
You're pretty, and it's wrong
Someone's waiting where I belong
I can't stay for the song

Maybe in another life
Maybe on another night
Maybe we'd dance
Maybe we'd stay
Maybe
But not today

I can't stay for the song
You're pretty, and it's wrong
Someone's waiting where I belong
I can't stay for the song

Oh-oh, oh-oh
Can't stay
Oh-oh