Elegy for a Midnight Candle

The ice has melted in my glass;

The band is playing low and slow;

I watch the yellow caps crawl past;

With nowhere left for me to go;

You left your scent upon my coat;

A ghost of sear and perfume;

And every blue and lonely note;

Is drifting through this empty room;

Don't say it's over;

Let the record spin a while;

Don't say it's over;

I'm not ready for the miles between your heart and mine;

In the middle of the night;

Don't say it's over;

Just stay until the light;

The waiter's sweeping up;

The piano's out of tune again;

I keep one eye upon the door;

Expecting you to wander in;

But time is just a heavy chain;

Vines left present to the past;

I'm drinking down the summer rain;

And wondering how a dream can last;

Don't say it's over;

Let the record spin a while;

Don't say it's over;

I'm not ready for miles;

Between your heart and mine;

In the middle of the night;

Don't say it's over;

Just stay until the light;

Maybe we were just a song;

Whose melody went wrong;

Or a story written in the dark;

Searching for a spark;

Don't say it's over;

Let the record spin a while;

Don't say it's over;

I'm not ready for the miles between your heart and mine;

In the middle of the night;

Don't say it's over just until the light;

Just stay a little longer;

Wait for the sun;

Don't say it's over;

Not yet;