Michael Henchman

Lyrics

40 MILES FROM MIDNIGHT

Tearin’ dust from desert floor
Darkness draped on billboard signs
City bursting out up ahead
A thousand points of light

Air slides cool around my neck
Moon chasing Galileo’s dream
Car been hummin’ all night long
Sure is a fine machine

[chorus]
When you gonna stop your runnin’? (She asked me)
Come on back to this town?
But I’m 40 miles from midnight
And a million more from clear sight
No sign of slowin’ down

And you’re sleepin’ by that rumblin’ street
Where water drips and the door is loose
Couldn’t talk you into this trip out west
So much to feel, so hard to choose

How far back the memory goes
Truly hard to say
These ol’ two-lanes from another time
It’s where I know my way

[instrumental]

[bridge]
You wish that I could give up this wanderin’
But no place feels like home
Rocks in my shoes never bothered me
It’s better like this, I know

[chorus]

Yes I’m 40 miles from midnight
And a million more from clear sight
Ain’t goin’ back to that town

©2013 Michael Henchman