when i think of those east end lights muggy nights the curtains drawn in the little room downstairs prima donna lord you really should have been there sitting like a princess perched in her electric chair and its one more beer and i dont hear you anymore weve all gone crazy lately my friends out there rolling round the basement floorand someone saved my life tonight sugar bear you almost had your hooks in me didnt you dear you nearly had me roped and tied altarbound hypnotized sweet freedom whispered in my ear youre a butterfly and butterflies are free to fly fly away high away bye byei never realized the passing hours of evening showers a slip noose hanging in my darkest dreams im strangled by your haunted social scene just a pawn outplayed by a dominating queen its four oclock in the morning damn it listen to me good im sleeping with myself tonight saved in time thank god my musics still aliveand someone saved my life tonight sugar bear you almost had your hooks in me didnt you dear you nearly had me roped and tied altarbound hypnotized sweet freedom whispered in my ear youre a butterfly and butterflies are free to fly fly away high away bye byeand i would have walked head on into the deep end the river clinging to your stocks and bonds paying your hp demands forever theyre coming in the morning with a truck to take me home someone saved my life tonight someone saved my life tonight someone saved my life tonight someone saved my life tonight someone saved my life tonight so save your strength and run the field you play aloneand someone saved my life tonight sugar bear you almost had your hooks in me didnt you dear you nearly had me roped and tied altarbound hypnotized sweet freedom whispered in my ear youre a butterfly and butterflies are free to fly fly away high away bye byesomeone saved someone saved someone saved my life tonight someone saved someone saved someone saved my life tonight someone saved someone saved someone saved my life tonight someone saved someone saved someone saved my life tonight someone saved someone saved someone saved my life tonight someone saved someone saved someone saved my life tonight