When midnight
blue gets into you
it crawls around inside
just like the Hong Kong flu.
With midnight blue
there's nothin' you can do
'cept to walk it off along
the lonesome avenue.

MIdnight blue,
and when you've had a few
you'll find your dreams are covered in
a nicotine hue.
Ah, midnight blue
now, the devil wants his due
and you can never pay the piper
with an IOU.

Time goes slow.
Your heart beats too fast.
And you're dyin' to know
how long this will last.
Will it just go on,
will it just go on,
will it just go on,
will it just go on forever?

Midnight blue,
now I've got it too.
And all that I can think about
is your tattoo.
Ah, midnight blue
I guess you always knew
I like to bite a little more
than I can chew.

But I can't accept
the same old hide and seek.
And I haven't slept
in what feels like a week.
And it just goes on.
it just goes on.
it just goes on.
And it just goes on forever.

Midnight blue,
they say it's passing through.
Ah, but while it's here it makes
a wreck out of you.

Words & Music © 1990 by Lee Charles Kelley
West Sixty Ninth Street Music (ASCAP)