tony joe white
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 