MIDNIGHT AVENUE

The Sutherland Brothers - 1972


In the midnight avenue
That's when you think of what's to do
Decide it's best to use more force
But then it never works out of course

All the things you look upon
Just to watch them till they're gone
The ones you know you can't afford
But still you try to buy with words
In the midnight avenue

On a windswept open beach
The kind that's always out of reach
To meet an ocean where it ends
The old eternal poet's friend

Make your peace with what you will
Your life depends upon your skill
In keeping lovers at your call
And sharing each with one and all
In the midnight avenue

(Instrumental Break)

If your spirit flies away
And they tell you it's gone to stay
Will you die and call it a day
Or will you live a different way

When the crystals smash your brain
Will you think of love, oh yeah
Will you think of paradise
Will you hope it turns out nice
In the midnight avenue

Got a Chopin crazy black
That took a sleigh ride, oh yeah
Gone in the asteroid, oh yeah

All the things you've looked upon
Just to watch them till they're gone
The ones you know you can't afford
But still you try to buy with words
In the midnight avenue


(Transcribed by Monique Adriaansen & Mel Priddle - December 2005)