Zoeyyyy[Verse 1]
The clock ticks low, a lonesome sound
Cigarette smoke is curling 'round
This empty cup, the coffee's cold
Like stories left untold
Rain taps the pane, a rhythm slow
On sidewalks where we used to go
That corner booth, your favorite tune...
Seems like a different moon.
[Chorus]
You're my midnight reverie,
A sweet, elusive melody
That dances just beyond my reach,
A lesson only longing teaches.
This city hums, but feels so still,
Without your smile, without your thrill.
Like a record stuck, I spin and spin,
Wishing your arms would pull me in.
[Verse 2]
I trace the lines the jukebox knew,
The very spot I first met you.
Your laugh, a riff so bright and clear,
Still echoes in my ear.
I try to write a brand new song,
But all the notes keep coming wrong.
They twist and turn, they fade away,
Just shadows of the words I'd say.
[Chorus]
You're my midnight reverie,
A sweet, elusive melody
That dances just beyond my reach,
A lesson only longing teaches.
This city hums, but feels so still,
Without your smile, without your thrill.
Like a record stuck, I spin and spin,
Wishing your arms would pull me in.
[Bridge]
(Instrumental Break - Saxophone Improvisation over changes)
*Sax solo suggests: Whispers in blue, a question mark, a hopeful spark fading...*
[Verse 3]
The morning light, a pale intruder,
Finds me playing the lonely viewer
Of photographs in silver frames,
Calling out forgotten names.
This empty stage, this silent mic,
Ain't no use pretending it's alright.
The melody we used to share
Is hanging, darling, in the air...
[Chorus]
You're my midnight reverie,
A sweet, elusive melody
That dances just beyond my reach,
A lesson only longing teaches.
This city hums, but feels so still,
Without your smile, without your thrill.
Like a record stuck, I spin and spin,
Wishing your arms would pull me in...
[Outro]
*(Music swells gently on final chord of chorus, then gradually fades out with a soft piano flourish and brush stroke on cymbal, leaving the sense of lingering longing.)*
...Midnight reverie...
...Just a dream of you...
*(Fade)*
