Long Way Past Midnight
--words and music by Michael Stanley

from "The Ground", 2003, LineLevel Music

I've been sitting here drinking
Hoping that maybe this night's gonna end
But there's a lady in waiting
Who's thinking that maybe I might need a friend...
Just an angel of quiet desperation
Gettin' saved in the blue neon light
And it's a long way past midnight...

If I don't ask any questions
She won't tell any lies...
Wouldn't that be a change
And if I hold her real tight
And just close my eyes
She might feel the same
And I can be anything that she wants me to be
Except be around come the light
And it's a long way past midnight...

		It's a long, long way
		When you're running from a heartbreak
		It's a long, long way
		When you're out there on your own
		It's a long, long way, ooh
		To get from the darkness to the light
		And it's a long way past midnight...

	And she plays that song over and over
	I can hear it as I fade out of sight
	And it's a long way past midnight...

		It's a long, long way
		When you're running from a heartbreak
		It's a long, long way
		When you're out there on your own
		It's a long, long way
		To get from the darkness to the light
		And it's a long way past midnight...
		And it's a long way past midnight...
		Oh it's such a long, long, long way past midnight...