headlights stab into the night sky,

hands gripping tight to the wheel knuckles white

approaching a figure in the headlights

where are you headed get in we'll be on our way



i'll engage the conversation like i care

to set your fragile mind at ease

then tune you out like the radio,

songs fading in and out hissing dead melodies

hitchhiker roadside execution



midnight stranger,

come and take a ride with me

in all my misery

i would love some company

this long and winding road isn't safe for anyone.

now focus all your fear on the barrel of my gun



we are now experiencing technical difficulties



calm down close your eyes

it was all a bad dream

now go back to sleep



standing over your dead body

smiling at you

staring at you



midnight stranger,

come and take a ride with me

in all my misery

i would love some company

this long and winding road isn't safe for anyone.

now focus all your fear on the barrel of my gun



midnight stranger,

nothing can save you now

beneath the pale starlight

i'll take you out of this world,

lone hitchhiker i'll paint the highway with your blood,

in the morning light no one will recognize you