Did you hear about the midnight rambler  Everybody got to go  Did you hear about the midnight rambler  The one that shut the kitchen door  He don't give a hoot of warning  Wrapped up in a black cat cloak  He don't go in the light of the morning  He split the time the cock'rel crows    Talkin' about the midnight gambler  The one you never seen before  Talkin' about the midnight gambler  Did you see him jump the garden wall  Sighin' down the wind so sad  Listen and you'll hear him moan  Talkin' about the midnight gambler  Everybody got to go    Did you hear about the midnight rambler  Well, honey, it's no rock 'n' roll show  Well, I'm talkin' about the midnight gambler  Yeah, the one you never seen before    (ad lib)    Well you heard about the Boston...  It's not one of those  Well, talkin' 'bout the midnight...sh...  The one that closed the bedroom door  I'm called the hit-and-run raper in anger  The knife-sharpened tippie-toe...  Or just the shoot 'em dead, brainbell jangler  You know, the one you never seen before    So if you ever meet the midnight rambler  Coming down your marble hall  Well he's pouncing like proud black panther  Well, you can say I, I told you so  Well, don't you listen for the midnight rambler  Play it easy, as you go  I'm gonna smash down all your plate glass windows  Put a fist, put a fist through your steel-plated door    Did you hear about the midnight rambler  He'll leave his footprints up and down your hall  And did you hear about the midnight gambler  And did you see me make my midnight call    And if you ever catch the midnight rambler  I'll steal your mistress from under your nose  I'll go easy with your cold fanged anger  I'll stick my knife right down your throat, baby  And it hurts!