All the Lovely Ladies (1988 Version)

[Verse 1]
All the lovely ladies in their finery tonight
I wish that I could know them one by one
All the handsome gentlemen with lovin' on their minds
Strolling in to take the ladies home

[Chorus]
Bless you all and keep you in the road to tenderness
Heaven can be yours just for now

[Verse 2]
All your gentle strangers who by nature do not smile
To everyone who cannot hold a pen
All you heavy rounders with a headache for your pains
Who dread the thought of goin' 'round the bеnd

[Chorus]
Bless you all and keep you on the road to bettеr things
Heaven can be yours just for now

[Verse 3]
All the lovely ladies in their finery tonight
I wish that I could kiss you while you knit
To all the ones who learn to live with bein' second-guessed
Whose job it is to give more than they get

[Chorus]
Bless you all and keep you with the faith to let it pass
Heaven can be yours just for now

[Verse 4]
All you lonely sailors who have trouble bein' seen
To each of you with heartache that remains
Maybe sometime later you might swim back into shore
If someone could relieve you of your chains

[Chorus]
Bless you all and keep you on the land or on the sea
Heaven can be yours just for now