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Artist: Lou Rawls
Canonical path: /lou-rawls-musicas/long-about-midnight
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Long About Midnight
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Long About Midnight
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Long about midnight
When everybody else
Has long been sleeping
He'll be creeping
Down to the kitchen of the house
Long about midnight
(about midnight)
When nobody else is even moving
He'll be grooving
Quieter than a mouse
Down to the kitchen of the house
I said he pokes his head
Around the corner
To make sure nobody is in sight
Jumps up on the kitchen table
To see what the cat
Can drag out tonight
Around midnight
When everybody else is safe
At sacking, he'll be snacking
All that he can mend
Toast and jam
Lasagna in a pan
Long about the middle of the night
Now does he regret it?
(Does he regret it)
Yes, he feel so very blue
And when he gets too round (too round)
He tries to cut down (cut down)
Only for an hour or two
A bit around midnight
When that old hunger
Gets to stirring
He'll go purring
Lying on his feet
Till he starts to eat
Long about the middle of the night
Long about midnight
(Long about midnight)
Watch that cat peeping
Going down to the kitchen again
(Long about midnight)
Just to see what he can be eating
Long about midnight
(Long about midnight)
Watch that cat purring
Oh, God, he will be stirring
(Long about midnight)
Down in the kitchen of the house
Long about midnight
(Long about midnight)
Watch him moving
He is going to the kitchen
(Long about midnight)
Just to see what he can be chewing
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