Long About Midnight lyrics

If you don't know just what to really do

Just take a walk along the avenue;

You'll hear the sounds come a-floatin' through

Long about midnight

They close the windows and they dim the light

To hide their doings from a stranger's sight;

And everything is going right

Long about midnight

Pianos tinkle, couples sway

Taking the pleasures they find

They don't care how they live by day

Why not leave trouble behind?

They're not pretending like the hoy-falloy;

They really mean it; it's the real McCoy

They turn an ounce of booze into a pound of joy

Long about midnight!