midnight train (lyrics)

We were flyin’
flyin'
so high in the night

In clouds of black
and dusty gray

Stars in glass bottles

were guiding the way

And far below the midnight train
was howlin’ howlin,

howlin my name.

The air was so black that I couldn’t see

So I drank and I drank

Trying to find

A little of you,

A little of me.

But soon the sun would find its way

Burning everything aflame.

The droplets that I knew of you

Would vanish, vanish, vanish too.

And the midnight train was howlin’

And we pretended the sun wasn’t comin’

High in the night

Far from the ground below.

Would we ever linger

into dawn,

into day,

into yellow-orange sunlight

hours and hours away.

We've only met in hazy dreams
Of dark dark skies

In silken waves

Of moon-lit night.

For when the Sun comes with its burning flame

Your misty body flies away

Flies away

Flies away

My only wish -- to kiss you in the sober light of day.

But you are my Knight of shining dream-light

The soul that only breathes at night

The face that never can be seen

Unless I’m wanderin’ through a dream.

So tonight I’ll stop the sun from coming in.

I’ll fly above our clouds our stars our night

To cover the sun

In a blanket of gray
Its light will be hidden

The night will remain.

And holes in the blanket will make tiny stars

And we’ll be tucked into each other

Our one night, now so much longer.

And the midnight train will keep on howlin’

But we’ll be howling too.

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