They met at the station   on the outskirts of town   she was headed to school   he was nowhere bound      he needed directions   she gave him a smile   they struck a conversation   that lasted for miles      they hardly knew each other   when they both realized   they saw their own future in each other's eyes      IN THE MIDDLE of THE NIGHT   LOST IN THE DARK   THEY FOUND WHAT THEY NEEDED   A BRAND NEW START   HEAD OVER HEELS INTO SOMETHING   LED ONLY BY A SPARK   THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN STOP   A RUNAWAY HEART      she called her Daddy long distance   when the sun came up   told him what had happened   heard him drop his coffee cup   hung up a cried a little   no longer Daddy's little girl   held the hand of her first love and headed out into the world      They didn't know where they were going   But they knew from now on   they'd never be without   each other-never be alone      REPEAT CHORUS   IN THE MIDDLE of THE NIGHT   LOST IN THE DARK   THEY FOUND WHAT THEY NEEDED   A BRAND NEW START   HEAD OVER HEELS INTO SOMETHING   LED ONLY BY A SPARK   THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN STOP   A RUNAWAY HEART      SOLO      ...Now,twenty-some years later   she waits by the phone    her daughter calls from the station   says she's found a love of her own...      IN THE MIDDLE of THE NIGHT   LOST IN THE DARK   THEY FOUND WHAT THEY NEEDED   A BRAND NEW START   HEAD OVER HEELS INTO SOMETHING   LED ONLY BY A SPARK   THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN STOP   A RUNAWAY HEART      (c)2001 Jadi Norris, BMI   all rights reserved