Faithful Night, Listening - Great Lake Swimmers

As I sit here on this curb

In the middle of the night

With my guitar in my hands

Playing a lonely midnight song

A stranger approaches me and says

Why do you play

And I answer him

This parking lot and

Everyone else lies in its dark corners

And down it’s dark alleyways

Is my audience

And this song is for this night

And all that comes with it

And all that belongs to it

Play for the stars

And the immobile cars

Stray cats and telephone lines

The old dumpster bins

They will all receive me

Will not turn me away

They will listen with kind ears

They will listen with kind ears

And I shiver in the cool air

My guitar echoes against the back of sleeping building

My faithful night still listens

And my faithful night still listens

Play for the stars

And the immobile cars

Stray cats and telephone lines

The old dumpster bins

They will all receive me

Will not turn me away

They will listen with kind ears

They will listen with kind ears

They will listen with kind ears