Tonight
Heartfelt Desires Unleashed: A Night of Liberation in Radney Foster's 'Tonight'
Lyrics
Linda's going down town tonight
Linda is heading to downtown tonight.
Cause she don't want to be alone
She doesn't want to be alone.
She's got everything in this world
Despite having everything, she lacks the love of a man at home.
Except the love of a man at home
Emphasizes her desire for companionship.
She keeps on hoping that door is open
She hopes for an open door, possibly a chance for love.
Down on Broadway she knows a place where dreams rave on
Knows a place on Broadway where dreams are celebrated.
Tonight ain't gonna be the same old same old
Expecting tonight to be different from the usual.
Tonight gonna throw all the numbers out a window
Planning to break away from routine and take risks.
If she feels like dancing
Expressing a willingness to dance if she feels like it.
Until the morning light
Willing to dance until the morning light.
It's heart over mind
Choosing passion and emotion over reason.
Head over heels tonight
Going head over heels in love tonight.
Linda's talking about quitting her
Linda is contemplating quitting something.
She's just bluffing but another margarita
She's pretending, possibly due to a drink's influence.
Who knows we both might go
There's uncertainty about their future actions.
Some of her insanity is starting to rub off on me
Her eccentricity is influencing the speaker.
Any dream we can dream up she says might come true
Belief that any dream they conceive might come true.
Tonight ain't gonna be the same old same old
Reiteration that tonight will be different.
Tonight gonna throw all the numbers out a window
Continuing the theme of breaking from routine.
If she feels like dancing
Openness to dancing until the morning light.
Until the morning light
Reaffirmation of choosing heart over mind.
It's heart over mind
Going head over heels in love tonight, again.
Head over heels tonight
Restating the emotional intensity of the night.
No telling where this might end up
Uncertainty about where the night may lead.
Linda she ain't ruling out love tonight
Linda is open to the possibility of love tonight.
Tonight ain't gonna be the same old same old
Reiteration that tonight will be different.
Tonight gonna throw all the numbers out the window
Reaffirmation of breaking from the usual.
Tonight tonight
Final emphasis on the uniqueness of tonight.
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