verse
Hold that chrysalis in your palm,
It won't do you any harm,
It's just trying to rearrange.
It was born to live a day,
Now it flies up from your hand.
It's the one they call your ever-loving man.
verse
Wolves have carried your babies away,
Oh, your kids drip from their teeth.
The nights are long and the day
Is bitter cold beyond belief.
You spread yourself like a penitent
Upon the mad vibrating sand,
Arrange to meet your midnight man.
verse
Don't disturb me as I sleep,
Treat me gentle when I wake.
Don't disturb me as I sleep,
Even though your body aches
Even though your body aches
She still adores her ever-loving man.
verse
Close your eyes, sleep in him,
Dream of your lost sons and daughters.
Me, I'll raise up the dorsal fin
And glide up and down the waters.
I'll glide up and down the waters
Then I'll walk upon the land,
The ones who doubt your midnight man.
chorus
Everybody's coming round to my place.
Everybody's coming round to my place.
Everybody's coming round.
Oh, darling, don't you see?
bridge
It's early in the morning
And I don't know what to do.
It's early in the morning
And I can't believe it's true.
It's early in the morning
And it's happening again;
I called you once, I called you twice.
Ain't I your midnight man?
chorus
Everybody's coming round to my place.
Everybody's coming round to my place.
Everybody's coming round.
They want you, they love you.