[Intro] A F#m [Verse 1] A F#m We used to dance, we used to do it all night F#m D You and me and the dolls of Highland D A They'd crank that radio loud [Verse 2] A F#m The jester choked on his jokes in the spotlight F#m D The poet burned all of last year's pages D A And we watched the bottom fall out [Chorus] E D A7 But oh I've never set sight on a siren so bright A D On a songbird so deranged E D And she said you must be new to the Shreveport city blues E D A She said these days, her nights were getting strange