10,000 Midnights - The Spill Canvas

10,000 midnights ago

Uptown at the Harlem Apollo

You sang a long, long blues

I loved the way you worked your voodoo

10,000 midnights ago

I wound up my watch 'til the spring broke

My, my time is so unkind

She got punch-drunk in the moon-shine

Old New York, tell me the truth

You know him better than I do

I know I’m not the one for you

I’m just another hand-me-down

10,000 midnights ago

I heard your voice, not your echo

Grand Central valentine

Tear my heart out on the main line

10,000 midnights ago

I lived just to die in your shadow

Black satin melody

That’s what I heard when you left me

Old New York, tell me the truth

You know him better than I do

I know I’m not the one for you

I’m just another hand-me-down

10,000 midnights ago

I held myself back in the front row

You affect my memory

All consuming without mercy

10,000 midnights ago

Worn like a black and white photo

I stood behind the lens

Took your portrait, now I’m forgotten