Woke up on a good day   And the world was wonderful   A midnight summer dream had me in its spell      I dreamt about an old man   Sat and watched the rain all night   He couldn't sleep a wink as all the drops fell      He told me of the beauty   Hidden in our foreheads   He told me of the ugliness   We show instead      And when we put a foot wrong do we learn   From all the pain   A midnight summer dream as he watched the rain      Then at midnight he poured another drink   And bent my ear   After midnight we sat up half the night   Or maybe more   And he began to tell me what it was all for      I woke up in an armchair   He had gone I don't know where   Left me there to sit and look at the rain      Don't remember much at all   But his words were echoing   A midnight summer dream and then wake again      Maybe I'll never find him   Maybe he's gone forever   Maybe I'll have to sit here   Watching the weather      One thing's pretty certain helped me   Make it in the night   Showed me somewhere else between wrong and right      And at midnight if you can't sleep   Then I can bend your ear   After midnight we'll sit up half the night   Or maybe more   And I'll begin to tell you what it is all for      Wake up on a good day   And the world feels wonderful   Midnight summer dream has me in its spell.