I’m goin’ out tonight to paint the town
It don’t do me any good just sittin’ around
I need to make another memory before they tear you down
I’m going out tonight to paint the town

Times are bound to change, that’s the nature of the beast
They lit you up with neon lights, now you’re nothing like home to me
We’re in the middle of a high rise war, they’re building over your history
There’s just a plaque on the sidewalk now where the Troubadour used to sing

I’m going out tonight to paint the town
It don’t do me any good just sittin’ around
I need to make another memory before they tear you down
I’m going out tonight to paint the town

The songs you used to sing to me
Have lived in me for years
But the music they’re making now
Ain’t music to my ears

I’m going out tonight to paint the town
It don’t do me any good just sittin’ around
I need to make another memory before they tear you down
I’m going out tonight
Willie, Johnny, George and I
We’re going out tonight to paint the town