In the pale neon light of a Saturday night  You'll see him walk up to the bar  He'll size up the ladies, the "no's" and the "maybe's"  Till he finds one who'll let down her guard  Then the band on his hand gets slipped off again  And his disarming charm starts to work  And with a drink and a lie in the blink of an eye  Something amazing occurs    He's suddenly single  Instantly free  And for three or four hours  He's the man of her dreams  He acts like there's no one waiting at home  He'll be suddenly single  Till he's suddenly gone    He sneaks through the door at a quarter to four  But tonight there's no one to wake  The note that she wrote him says, I've given up hoping  I’d be able to change you someday  He sits on the bed shaking head  A man in complete disbelief  He knows what he's lost  Oh but he never thought  Someday he'd really be    Suddenly single  Instantly free  And for the rest of his life  She'll haunt his dreams  And now there'll be no one waiting at home  He's suddenly single  'Cause she's suddenly gone  He's suddenly single  'Cause she's suddenly gone