Across From Midnight - Tony Joe White

It’s come down to just the two of us

Me and my shadow on the wall

Radio playing softly

Somewhere down the hall

And over in the next room

The hollow sound of a cigarette cough

Oh, I’m sitting across from midnight

And morning’s a long way off

There’s a fire in a trash can

In the alley below

The down and outers gather 'round

Sipping wine and talking low

We’re companions of the night time

We’ve got no place to go, oh no

Just sitting across from midnight

Time dragging by too slow

You can feel the night when you’re all alone

There’s comfort in the room

You keep hanging on

You wait until the dawn

The skeletons in the closet

March around like a platoon

I guess it’s too much to ask for

I need some breathing room

And the tall city buildings

They cover up the moon, can’t see it

I’m sitting across from midnight

And morning can’t come too soon

Oh, the early morning hours

Bring out the darkness of your thoughts

And you’re sitting across from midnight

Morning’s a long way off