The Stranglers — Midnight Summer Dream

[Verse 1] Woke up on a good day And the world was wonderful A midnight summer dream Had me in its spell I dreamt about an old man Sat and watched the rain all night He couldn't sleep a wink as all the drops fell He told me of the beauty Hidden in our foreheads And he told me of the ugliness We show instead And when we put a foot wrong Do we learn from all the pain? A midnight summer dream As he watched the rain [Pre-Chorus 1] Then at midnight he poured another drink and bent my ear And after midnight, we sat up half the night, or maybe more And he began to tell me what it was all for [Chorus] I woke up in an armchair He had gone I don't know where He left me there to sit and look at the rain I don't remember much at all But his words were echoing A midnight summer dream And then I wake again [Verse 2] Maybe I'll never find him Maybe he's gone forever Maybe I'll have to sit here Watching the weather Though one thing's pretty certain Helped me make it in the night And showed me somewhere else Between wrong and right [Pre-Chorus 2] So at midnight, if you can't sleep then I will bend your ear And after midnight we'll sit up half the night, or maybe more And I'll begin to tell you what it's all for [Verse 3] I wake up on a good day And the world feels wonderful A midnight summer dream has me in its spell [Chorus] I woke up in an armchair He had gone I don't know where He left me there to sit and look at the rain I don't remember much at all But his words were echoing A midnight summer dream And then I wake again