Out in the shiny night, the rain was softly falling   The tracks that ran down the boulevard had   All been washed away      Out of the silver light, the past came softly calling   And I remember the times we spent   Inside the Sad Cafe      Oh, it seemed like a holy place   protected by Amazing Grace   We would sing right out loud the things we could not say   We thought we could change this world with words like love and freedom   We were part of the lonely croud inside the Sad Cafe      Oh, expecting to fly,   We would meet on that beautiful shore in the sweet by and by      Some of their dreams came true   But some just passed away   And some of them stayed behind   Inside the Sad Cafe      The clouds rolled in and hid that shore   Now that Glory Train, it don't stop here no more   Now I look at the years gone by   And wonder at the powers that be   I don't know why fortune smiles on some   And lets the rest go free      Maybe the time has drawn the faces I recall   But things in this life change very slowly   If they ever change at all   No use in asking why   It just turned out that way   So meet me at midnight baby   Inside the Sad Cafe   Why don't you meet me at midnight baby   Inside the Sad Cafe      *music until fade...