MARTHA RIVERS - AFTER MIDNIGHT (Soul Jazz Duet)

[Verse 1 – Woman] Never thought we’d lose our way, After all the roads we’ve walked together. Funny how the smallest things Can turn a warm September into winter. [Verse 2 – Man] I know I let the silence grow, When I should’ve pulled you closer to me. All those nights I let you wonder, If you were still the only one I’d see. [Pre-Chorus – Woman] You could’ve reached for my hand… [Man] I should’ve reached for your heart… [Together] Somewhere between holding on and letting go, We forgot where we started. [Chorus – Together] Give us one more chance, Don’t let a lifetime disappear tonight. We’ve danced through too many years To leave without one final dance beneath these lights. [Woman] I still know your smile… [Man] I still know your touch… [Together] And after all these years, Maybe love still remembers us. [Verse 3 – Woman] Photographs upon the wall, Sunday mornings, records turning slowly. [Man] Every line upon your face Is part of every story that you showed me. [Woman] Don’t want you to be a memory… [Man] Darling, don’t make one of me… [Bridge – Call & Response] Woman: Was it really all for nothing? Man: No, it meant everything to me. Woman: Then why’d you let me walk away? Man: I was too proud to make you stay. Woman: And if I gave you one more night? Man: I’d hold you till the morning light. [Together, softly] No promises forever… Just don’t say goodbye tonight. [Final Chorus] Give us one more chance, Let that old piano play our song tonight. We’ve danced through too many years To leave without one final dance beneath these lights. [Woman] I still know your smile… [Man] And I still know your touch… [Together] After all these years, Maybe love… still remembers us. [Outro – Woman] Do you remember? [Man] Every single note. [Together] Then dance with me… one more time.