The Hold Steady - First Night

Charlemagne shakes in the streets
Gideon makes love to the suites
Holly's not invincible
In fact she's in the hospital
Not far from the bar where we met
On that first night

Charlemagne pulls street corner scams
Gideon's got a pipe made from a Pringles can
Holly's insatiable
She still looks incredible
But she don't look like the same girl we met
On that first night.

She was golden with barlight and beer
She slept like she'd never been scared

And then last night
She said words alone never could save us
And then last night
She cried when she told us about Jesus.

Holly's inconsolable
Unhinged and uncontrollable
Because we can't get as high as we got
On that first night

Boys and girls in America

Don't bother talking to the guys
With the hot soft eyes
They're already taken
Don't even speak
To all those sequencer and beats boys

When they kiss they spit white noise.
(White noise)