Midnight in the Basement

I woke up last night and I got myself a drink Time is blazing a trail and I need some time to think In two more weeks I’ll be a thousand miles away Where will I be what will I do I cannot say I don’t know when I’ll see you again Oh no—I don’t know how to feel again I can’t think of the words to write this song How will you feel about me after I am gone And I know I’m the one who put the weight on my shoulders No one forced me to choose But I know I must go now before I get much older Either way I’ve got a lot to lose I wrote fifteen symphonies in the heat of the night Wasn’t quite sure they were good enough but they sounded all right Sat in the basement switched on the amp and exploded in sound It gets out all the emotions that seem to flood my head until I drown I’ll call you on the phone I don’t know what I was doing when I jumped off the cliff Fell into the creek and disappeared into the woods all day Maybe I felt it was something I could do here that I couldn’t do there I don’t have the answers I don’t know the questions anyway What am I going to do when I am gone The band is nowhere in sight and I’m feeling down I don’t know when I’m going to play this loud again New Jersey better be good or I’ll be back