i m up on the eleventh floor and i m watching the cruisers below my heart s in the basement my weekend s at an all time low he s down on the street and he s trying hard to pull sister flo cause she s hoping to score so i can t see her letting him go walk out of her heart walk out of her mind chorus she s so swishy in her satin and tat in her frock coat and bipperty bopperty hat oh god i could do better than that she s an old time ambassador of sweet talking night walking games and she s known in the darkest clubs for pushing ahead of the dames if she says she can do it then she can do it she don t make false claims but she s a queen and such are queens that your laughter is sucked in their brains now she s leading him on and she ll lay him right down but it could have been me yes it could have been me why didn t i say why didn t i say no no no chorus so i lay down a while and i look at my hotel wall oh the cot is so cold it don t feel like no bed at all yeah i lay down a while and i look at my hotel wall but he s down on the street so i throw both his bags down the hall and i m phoning a cab cause my stomach feels small there s a taste in my mouth and it s no taste at all it could have been me oh yeah it could have been me why didn t i say why didn t i say no no no chorus