Midnight Summer Dream 
The Stranglers

Woke up on a good day 
And the world was wonderful 
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 
He told me of the ugliness 
We show instead 

And when we put a foot wrong do we learn 
From all the pain 
midnight summer dream as he watched the rain 

Then at midnight he poured another drink 
And bent my ear 
After midnight we sat up half the night 
Or maybe more 
And he began to tell me what it was all for 

I woke up in an armchair 
He had gone I don't know where 
Left me there to sit and look at the rain 

Don't remember much at all 
But his words were echoing 
midnight summer dream and then wake again 

Maybe I'll never find him 
Maybe he's gone forever 
Maybe I'll have to sit here 
Watching the weather 

One thing's pretty certain helped me 
Make it in the night 
Showed me somewhere else between wrong and right 

And at midnight if you can't sleep 
Then I can bend your ear 
After midnight we'll sit up half the night 
Or maybe more 
And I'll begin to tell you what it is all for 

Wake up on a good day 
And the world feels wonderful 
Midnight summer dream has me in its spell