Across From Midnight

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

Sippin' wine and talkin' low

We're companions of the night time

We got no place to go

Sittin' across from midnight

And time draggin' by too slow

You can feel the night when you're all alone

There's comfort in the room you keep hangin' 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

Oh I'm sitting across from midnight

And morning can't come too soon

The early morning hours

Bring out the darkness of your thoughts

And you're sitting across from midnight

And morning a long way off