The Midnight Ticket

[Intro]
[Verse]
Rain streaks the fogged-up glass
Watching the hours pass
Harlem is humming low
Nowhere for me to go
Wurlitzer keys play soft
Dreams drift away aloft
[Pre-Chorus]
Smudged crimson on the glass
Watching the shadows pass
Whiskey is burning slow
More than you’ll ever know
[Chorus]
A crumpled ticket on the bar
I wonder where you are
Vintage paper, faded ink
Give me a moment to think
You vanished in the gray
Before the break of day
[Verse]
Subway rumbles through the floor
Echoes beneath the door
You leaned in close to me
A ghost I could almost see
No words were ever said
Just memories in my head
[Pre-Chorus]
Smudged crimson on the glass
Watching the shadows pass
Whiskey is burning slow
More than you’ll ever know
[Chorus]
A crumpled ticket on the bar
I wonder where you are
Vintage paper, faded ink
Give me a moment to think
You vanished in the gray
Before the break of day
[Bridge]
(Scat improvisation)
Shoo-be-doo-ba-da-dee
Da-da-vone-shay
Bee-poo-dah-la-vay
Ooh-wee-ba-da
Shoo-be-doo-ba-da-dee
Da-da-vone-shay
Bee-poo-dah-la-vay
Ooh-wee-ba-da
[Verse]
The sax begins to moan
Leaving me here alone
I smooth the paper flat
Wondering where you’re at
Destination out of sight
Into the Harlem night
[Chorus]
A crumpled ticket on the bar
I wonder where you are
Vintage paper, faded ink
Give me a moment to think
You vanished in the gray
Before the break of day
[Post-Chorus]
Gone in the gray
So far away
Just a ticket left behind
On my mind
[Outro]