THE SOUND
OF THE CHAOS.

INTRO / DISTANT TRAIN, SOFT SYNTH The show’s over. The city isn’t. Midnight in NYC. VERSE 1 Last chord ringing in my right ear, Paper cup steaming in the night air. Crosswalk counting while I wait to go, Everybody moving in their private show. Corner window throws a yellow square, Someone’s stacking chairs in the diner there. Turn my collar to the river breeze, Keep a little chorus underneath my teeth. PRE-CHORUS Down the stairs, along the tiles, There’s a train that’s running late. For a minute I’ve got time To let the evening find its place. CHORUS MIDNIGHT IN NYC, There’s a whole wide world still awake with me. Window lights and a restless beat, I carry the night down an ordinary street. When the sun comes up, wherever I’ll be, There’s a little midnight left in me. INSTRUMENTAL / EIGHT BARS Let the guitar play the chorus melody over the synth pulse; distant train noise fades. VERSE 2 Empty seat and a scratched-up pane, My reflection moves through another train. Someone’s laughing at a message home, Someone’s sleeping with a book half closed. I find a picture that I took tonight, Nothing but hands in a wash of light. Funny how a blur can get it right- I can hear that room when I close my eyes. PRE-CHORUS Past the rooftops, through the dark, All those windows, all those lives. I don’t need to hold them still To take a little home tonight. CHORUS MIDNIGHT IN NYC, There’s a whole wide world still awake with me. Window lights and a restless beat, I carry the night down an ordinary street. When the sun comes up, wherever I’ll be, There’s a little midnight left in me. BRIDGE / GUITAR AND VOICE I don’t need the night forever, Just a song to bring it back. One soft light above the doorway, One more chorus on the track. FINAL CHORUS / WIDE HARMONIES MIDNIGHT IN NYC, There’s a whole wide world still awake with me. Window lights and a restless beat, I carry the night down an ordinary street. When the sun comes up, wherever I’ll be, There’s a little midnight left in me. OUTRO / QUIET LEAD A little midnight left in me. A little midnight left in me.