Ivan Rivers - Midnight Poet (Lowdown in Livonia, MI) Lyrics

Last night out in Livonia
The jukebox stood me up
Willie Nelson on the way
So was a little Rush
But the barman taking orders
Stuck in a couple dimes
And skipped past all my songs
Even "Always On My Mind"
And I thought of you like I always seem to do
You're the anxious orange colour
That hovers in each night
When the bright lights from the highway
Block the stars' shine in the sky
I always seem to find you
Like a lamp that remains lit
As I stumble forth a midnight poet
As I stumble forth a midnight poet
Last weekend was a wedding
Down Hastings County way
For an old musician buddy
I knew from my blossom days
Another friend came with a secret
He had plans to get engaged
On a big trip with his girlfriend
Or I suppose now fiancée
And I thought of you like I always seem to do
You're the anxious orange colour
That hovers in each night
When the bright lights from the highway
Block the stars' shine in the sky
I always seem to find you
Like a lamp that remains lit
As I stumble forth a midnight poet
As I stumble forth a midnight poet
Open up the stables
That's one well-behaved horse
Home here in the city
Or more like this big town
When the time is right, not morning or night
Speed River slows right down
The moon don't bother showing
I can't bother with the bed
So I crack a sparkling water
And bust wide my writing pad
And I think of you like I always seem to do
You're the anxious orange colour
That hovers in each night
When the bright lights from the highway
Block the stars' shine in the sky
I always seem to find you
Like a lamp that remains lit
As I stumble forth a midnight poet
As I stumble forth a midnight poet