Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me, Let the Midnight Special shine a ever lovin' light on me. Well, you wake up in the mornin', you hear the work bell ring, And they march you to the table to see the same old thing. Ain't no food upon the

It must be imagination When the feeling isn't right? They say, you see it in a lover's eye But I'm wide awake tonight 'N I'm looking for a reason why It doesn't show Still somehow, I know Tell me that it just ain't so Say, I made the whole thing up

We gon' wake yo' dog up out that cash, huh (brr) Send a message to 'em with no mask, huh (with no mask) You don't wanna see my lil' nigga in yo' grass, huh (in yo' grass) Hangin' all out the window, swingin' that Mac (boom boom boom) Leave 'em with some

Yeah I'm straight never switch lanes On my job every day 'cause it's hard not to see I came up in a big way And I hardly ever sleep but it's like a dream I don't wanna wake up from, don't wanna wake up I don't wanna wake up from, I don't wanna wake up

A thousand times, too many times I've fallen back out of place from a dream The bright sunlight, a rude awakening Like I'm seeing the colors leave the brush for the wall That's when, into I reach into memories I long to relive those times Those younger

Why, why, the best laid plans can all be cast aside Wide awake, we step to the fall point Never had thought I'd see this Why, why, empire cannot last forever Why, empire cannot last forever I never asked for more than just what I have Now, what more can

You now I see Keeping everything inside (with you) Even when I close my eyes I'm with you And I'm left in the wake of the mistake, slow to react You're still so distant, and I can't bring you back The way I feel Was promised by your face

I'll remember you Hey, what's your name? 'Cause I need to know I've been high and I've been low Far beyond and far below Never seen you before If I die before I wake Promise me you'll remember me tomorrow

See the photograph on an empty wall Pictures of a life I can't call my own I need a love that won't do me wrong Waiting for the sound of a false alarm The pictures all that I know See the photograph Are the pictures real? Wake me up from the long way

'Cause it's not too late Sometimes a man, he gets carried away, When he feels like he should be having his fun And he's much too blind to see the damage he's done Cause sometimes a man must awake to find that really he has no one So I'll wait for you and