text: When I think of those East End lights, muggy nights
  The curtains drawn in the little room downstairs
  Prima Donna, lord, you really shoulda been there
  Sittin like a princess perched in her electric chair
  And its one more beer, and I dont hear you anymore
  Weve all gone crazy lately
  My friends out there, rollin round the basement floor 
  And someone saved my life tonight, sugar bear 
  You almost had your hooks in me, didnt you, dear?
  You nearly had me roped and tied
  Altar-bound, hypnotized, sweet freedom whispered in my ear
  Youre a butterfly, and butterflies are free to fly
  Fly away, high away, bye-bye 
  I never realized the passin hours of evening showers
  A slip noose hangin in my darkest dreams
  Im strangled by your haunted social scene
  Just a pawn out-played by a dominating queen
  Its four oclock in the morning, damn it! Listen to me good
  Im sleepin with myself tonight
  Saved in time, thank God my musics still alive
  Someone saved my life tonight, sugar bear
  You almost had your hooks in me, didnt you, dear?
  You nearly had me roped and tied
  Altar-bound, hypnotized, sweet freedom whispered in my ear
  Youre a butterfly, and butterflies are free to fly
  Fly away, high away, bye-bye 
  And I wouldve walked head-on into the deep end of the river
  Clingin to your stocks and bonds
  Payin your H.P. demands forever
  Theyre comin in the mornin with a truck to take me home
  Someone saved my life tonight
  Someone saved my life tonight
  Someone saved my life tonight
  Someone saved my life tonight
  Someone saved my life tonight
  So save your strength, and run the field you play alone
  Someone saved my life tonight, sugar bear
  You almost had your hooks in me, didnt you, dear?
  You nearly had me roped and tied
  Altar-bound, hypnotized, sweet freedom whispered in my ear
  Youre a butterfly, and butterflies are free to fly
  Fly away, high away, bye-bye
  Someone saved, someone saved, someone saved my life tonight
  Someone saved, someone saved, someone saved my life tonight
  Someone saved, someone saved, someone saved my life tonight
  Someone saved, someone saved, someone saved my life tonight
  Someone saved, someone saved, someone saved my life tonight
  Someone saved, someone saved, someone saved my life tonight
  Someone saved, someone saved, someone saved my life tonight