Michael Stanley - Midwest Midnight Lyrics
With thirteen lovers I hid beneath the coversgot staples in my hands for my timeWith the radio low so the folks don't knowI proceed with my passion of crime...And though somewhat obtuse, I've been told this abusewill more than likely make me go blindBut with a heart that's aching, it's a risk worth taking'cause true love, they say, is so hard to find...Why can't she see what she's doing to meIf that bandstand girl only was hereAnd I'm living the dream, getting lost on the screen,doing Presley in front of the mirror...Hanging around, getting high on the soundsof the ladies and electric guitarsCross a double yellow line to who knows wherewith six sets of glory a night in some bar...(CHORUS:)Midwest midnightTen thousand watts of holy lightfrom my radio so clear...Bodies glistening, everybody's listeningas the man plays all the hits that you want to hear.With a will to believe, and my songs on my sleeveIf only I'd known from the startSuch a sensitive toy, for a suburban boywho believed he was suffering for art...But then something went wrongand he watched as his songsmet a slow death of silence, but worseHe was taken to task, by some critic who asked,"Do you write the words or lyrics first..."(CHORUS)BRIDGE:I hear 'em callin':"Boy, you should be gratefulto get your foot inside the door.You know there's thousands out therewho would take your place...This attitude of yours, my son,well, it lacks the due respect...You bite the hand that feeds you--even if you're never fed..."Chasing the fame keeps 'em all in the gameBut money's still the way they keep scoreAnd nobody told you that you would get olderstrung out like some Avenue whore...Waiting release, getting shot through the grease,some L.A. madonna's malignedAnd New York's calling just to see if you've heard'bout the great English bandthey just signed....Take me back to...(CHORUS:)Midwest midnightTen thousand watts of holy lightfrom my radio so clear...Bodies glistening, is anybody listening?Does the man still play all the hits that you want to hear..
