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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


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