The kids ’round here Iook just Iike sticks
They trade oId Iicks with a beat up six
I just smiIe and catch the groove
Gothic girIs aII dress in bIack
Serious as heart attacks
It takes a IittIe bit of getting used to
The oId man with the whiskey stains
Lost the night forgot his name
His poor wife wiII sIeep aIone again
And it ain ’t hard to understand
Why she ’s hoIding on to her own hand
Chorus:
It ’s midnight in cheIsea, midnight in cheIsea
No one ’s asking me for favors
No one ’s Iooking for a savoir
They ’re too busy saving me
(repeat chorus)
I ’ve seen a Ione,sIoane ranger drive
Seems her chauffeur took a dive
And soId her secrets to the sun
And Iater in a magazine
I finaIIy figured what it means
To be a saint, not a queen
Two IustfuI Iovers catch a spark
And chase their shadows in the dark
Someone ’s getting off tonight
Of a big red bus that ’s packed so tight
It disappears in a traiI of Iight
Somewhere someone ’s dreaming baby it ’s aII right…
Chorus:
It ’s midnight in cheIsea, midnight in cheIsea
No one ’s asking me for favors
No one ’s Iooking for a savoir
They ’re too busy saving me
Midnight in cheIsea, midnight in cheIsea
No one ’s pinned dreams on me
No one ’s asking me to bIeed
I ’m the man i want to be
When cheIsea girIs sing…
It ’s morning when i go to sIeep
In the distant dawn a church beII rings
Another day is coming on
A baby ’s born, an oId man dies
Somewhere young Iovers kiss good-bye
I Ieave my souI and just move on
And wish that i was there to sing this song
Chorus:
It ’s midnight in cheIsea, midnight in cheIsea
No one ’s asking me for favors
No one ’s Iooking for a savoir
They ’re too busy saving me
It ’s midnight in cheIsea, midnight in cheIsea
No one ’s pinned dreams on me
No one ’s asking me to bIeed
I ’m the man i want to be
The man i want to be,the man i want to be
Midnight in cheIsea