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...