Midnight Radio #02

[Verse 1] Dashboard paints my jacket blue Maples blur along the avenue Loose change rattles by my knee I take the road that lets me breathe Streetlights tick like silver beads Past the bakery, past the empty seats One old worry in the passenger side I crack the window; let it ride [Pre-Chorus] The signal fades, then finds its way A little crackle, a little replay I tap the wheel, I count to four And feel the night unlock the door [Chorus] Midnight Radio, carry me on Past the last red light till the gray of dawn Midnight Radio, turn it up bright I’m leaving every heavy thought behind tonight Hey! The road is open, the air is clear Hey! My own two hands are steering here Midnight Radio, sing it with me I’m wide awake and finally free [Post-Chorus] Oh-oh, turn it up, let the whole town know Oh-oh, midnight radio [Verse 2] A laundromat hums in a violet square A paper moon swings from a barber’s chair Green signs point where the river bends I pass the place where the long week ends No one waiting, nothing to prove Just mile-markers keeping time with the groove Static skips like a pebble tossed I laugh out loud at what I thought I’d lost [Pre-Chorus] The signal fades, then finds its way A little crackle, a little replay I tap the wheel, I count to four And feel the night unlock the door [Chorus] Midnight Radio, carry me on Past the last red light till the gray of dawn Midnight Radio, turn it up bright I’m leaving every heavy thought behind tonight Hey! The road is open, the air is clear Hey! My own two hands are steering here Midnight Radio, sing it with me I’m wide awake and finally free [Instrumental Break: extended electric guitar solo] [Bridge] Maybe tomorrow brings the list again The calls, the clocks, the should-have-beens But right now I’ve got a lane of blue And one clear thought I know is true I can come back with the morning sun But I don’t owe this night to anyone [Chorus] Midnight Radio, carry me on Past the last red light till the gray of dawn Midnight Radio, turn it up bright I’m leaving every heavy thought behind tonight Hey! The road is open, the air is clear Hey! My own two hands are steering here Midnight Radio, sing it with me I’m wide awake and finally free [Final Chorus] Midnight Radio, carry me on Past the last red light till the gray of dawn Midnight Radio, turn it up bright I’m leaving every heavy thought behind tonight Hey! The road is open, the air is clear Hey! My own two hands are steering here Midnight Radio, sing it with me I’m wide awake and finally free Midnight Radio, carry me on Past the last red light till the gray of dawn Midnight Radio, turn it up bright I’m leaving every heavy thought behind tonight Hey! The road is open, the air is clear Hey! My own two hands are steering here Midnight Radio, sing it with me I’m wide awake and finally free [Outro] Oh-oh, turn it up, let the whole town know Oh-oh, midnight radio The dashboard fades, the morning shows Still humming midnight radio