Things Get Shaky 'round Midnight Songtext
von Beaver Nelson

Things get shaky ′round midnight
And it ain't no better by sunrise
The blood burns a hole in your eyes
And it ain′t no better by sunrise

Somethin' in the floor, it's risin′ up now
It′s surely gonna get you if you turn around
You don't know why and you don′t know how
But it's you it wants, you wear the crown
You′re the king of the night and the trash that comes
From forgivin' yourself of all wrong deeds
You run and skip and hop and jump
But it knows just what you think you need


Your pockets is a treasure chest
Of all you′ve lost and left behind
As pirates go you've been the best
Far as you know, peg-legged, patch-eyed
So you take you down t'where the rum is drunk
You sing sailin′ songs that you never knew
Can′t remember if that dumb young punk
You kicked in the alley was him or you

Things get shaky 'round midnight
And it ain′t no better by sunrise
The blood burns a hole in your eyes
And it ain't no better by sunrise

The garbage flies and so′s your thoughts
To a girl you met last week, last night
You try to remember to forget but forgot
What she looked like in the candlelight
How she smiled and what she said
And how she cried when ships ahoy
And how the dyin' and the dead
Done turned you into a wanderin′ boy

Things get shaky 'round midnight
And it ain't no better by sunrise
The blood burns a hole in your eyes
And it ain′t no better by sunrise


The walls is covered in foreign tongues
And your friends they′ve got their own words, too
So, you're still out lookin′ for breath for lungs
That don't open up ′til day is through
The wheels will spin and skid they might
As you sail these streets, flags shot to hell
Things get shaky 'round midnight
But you never know, could be just as well

Things get shaky ′round midnight
And it ain't no better by sunrise
The blood burns a hole in your eyes
And it ain't no better by sunrise

The kids is cryin′ and the dogs they bark
And your ghost, he says a few words
You hear the singin′ of a meadowlark
But the sounds you make, man, no one's heard
They ask you twice on your return of
What you′ve seen and what you may
They ask about the bridges burned
You cannot speak, you cannot say that

Things get shaky 'round midnight
And it ain′t no better by sunrise
The blood burns a hole in your eyes
And it ain't no better by sunrise

Spooky houses, black lights
Unbuttoned blouses adn knife fights

Things get shaky ′round midnight
And it ain't no better by sunrise
The blood burns a hole in your eyes
And it ain't no better by sunrise