NEVER KNEW YOUR NAME
(Mike Barson)


Madness - 2012





It was very late in the discotheque
I was feeling blue, as I sometimes do
I turned around, it was time to go
A face in the crowd, a face I didn't know

We got to talking for a little while
You said it's not the sort of thing you usually do
Talking to strangers so late in the night
These days you never know

Well, I thought you were nice, I even told you so
But you smiled so shyly and said to me
I bet you say that to all the girls you meet
But it isn't so

Yes, the club was closing, so we had to leave
We walked out together, just a little ill at ease
I would have liked to have walked you home
But you said you'd catch the bus, so I ended up alone

I never knew your name, nor your telephone number
Will I ever see you again, I wonder

It wasn't any longer than an hour or two
That lonely street, I said goodbye to you
You glanced back at me as I turned the corner
Was the last I saw of you

Oh, I wanted to call, call out your name
But stupid pride and idiot shame
Hesitated, scared of playing the fool
So you walked away from Mr Cool

I never knew your name, nor your telephone number
Will I ever see you again, I wonder
No, I never knew your name, nor your telephone number
Will I see you again, oh girl, I wonder

It was very late in the discotheque
I was feeling blue, as I sometimes do
I thought you were nice, I told you so
But I ended up alone

No, I never knew your name, nor your telephone number
Will I ever see you again, girl, I wonder

It's so very late in the discotheque 
And I'm feeling blue, as I always do
I turn around 'cause it's time to go






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2015)