10,000 midnights ago.Uptown at the Harlem Apollo,You sang a long, long blues,I loved they 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-shineOld New York, tell me the truth,You know her better than I do,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 her better than I do,I'm just another hand-me-down.10,000 midnights ago.I held myself back in the front row.You effect 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.
