10,000 Midnights

10,000 midnights ago.

Uptown at the Harlem Apollo,

You sang a long, long blues,

I loved they way you worked your voodoo.

10,000 midnights ago.

I wound up my watch til the spring broke,

My my, time is so unkind.

She got punch-drunk in the moon-shine

Old New York, tell me the truth,

You know her better than I do,

I'm just another hand-me-down.

10,000 midnights ago.

I heard your voice, not your echo.

Grand Central valentine,

Tear my heart out on the main line.

10,000 midnights ago.

I lived just to die in your shadow.

Black satin melody,

That's what I heard when you left me.

Old New York, tell me the truth,

You know her better than I do,

I'm just another hand-me-down.

10,000 midnights ago.

I held myself back in the front row.

You effect my memory,

All consuming without mercy.

10,000 midnights ago.

Worn like a black and white photo,

I stood behind the lens,

took your portrait, now I'm forgotten.