I recall thinking of the initial lyrics for this song as I was sitting on the toilet in a rented house in Burnaby, BC. At the time I was living with my good friend, Ryan. He got the big bedroom and I got the closet. But rent was cheap. And I had shag carpet. Them was good days. Remember the dead mouse, Windles?
lyrics
Midnight, Oh Midnight
I've got a woman and a woman has me
But sometimes I don't feel free
Love is just a four letter word
And there are so many fish in the sea
Midnight, oh midnight, sing me to sleep
Midnight, oh midnight, away into a dream
Sometimes it gets lonesome
And sometimes it gets worse
Feelings always hit you
Right where it hurts
Midnight, oh midnight, sing me to sleep
Midnight, oh midnight, away into a dream
If nothing really matters
If it's life and life only
I'll drift into the midnight
And wake at the end of the story
Midnight, oh midnight, sing me to sleep
Midnight, oh midnight, away into a dream
(c) Bob Westfall. 2010.
credits
from OUTLAWS IN CHAINS (2010),
released October 1, 2010
Guitar, harmonica, and lead vocal by Bob Westfall
Bass guitar by Allan Davis
Background vocals by Ainsley Reid
Djembe by Jim Ferguson
Violin by Boris Ulanowicz
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