Back By Midnight

back by midnight

i'll let you in on something

you may have noticed by now

i don't object to seclusion

or let misgivings grind me down

but there's a turmoil this evening

it's been lingering since you left

found its way inside my bones

and now it's heating up the rest

i've been known to keep myself composed

or that's what i've always supposed

but i'm not so sure today

if you could see all the stuff i kept inside

the flesh may sleep but i'm alive

in spirit anyway

i've been talking to jesus

my fingers tightly crossed

so if he's not on call this evening

at least i might restrict the loss

it wouldn't be the first time

that i've been put to shame

i don't make any illusions

but it's hard to drop the reins

chorus

i hope tonight you'll make your way back here

sometimes you're everything that i hold dear

i hope you'll be back by midnight

i hope you'll be home soon