The ragged clothes you wore Made you look like a hobo, ten to four The neighbors pound the floor We're cracking up until we couldn't take no more From you, the wine, the heater glow Warming up under icy Midwest skies And I would have left here long ago But knowing you means there's always some surprise We're done with keeping score Flipping through all your records across the floor The snow has blocked the door We played them all and we'll play a couple more From you, the wine, the heater glow Warming up under icy Midwest skies And I would have left here long ago But knowing you means there's always some surprise So I wrote it down, kept the night around Kept it right here with me Wrote it down, kept the night around Kept it right here with me, right here with me The ragged clothes you wore Made you look like a hobo, ten to four The neighbors pound the floor We're cracking up until we couldn't take no more From you, the wine, the heater glow Warming up under icy Midwest skies And I would have left here long ago But knowing you means there's always some surprise