Midnight on the Strand

Put down my hat

      Pick up my walkin' cane

I'll step out of the light

      into the pourin' rain

Ya know I don't mind

      I can't even feel the pain

Jus' three ... doors ... down

      is Johnny's Place

And the people there

      ... they've been up for days

And when midnight comes

      everything will fall in place

'Cause Johnny boy just turns

      and strikes the band

And the joint becomes

      the soul of Dixieland

Out here they call it

      Midnight on the Strand

[CHORUS:]

And the joint is jumpin'

      <BAND:Started at midnight>

Band is thumpin'

      <BAND:Ended at daylight>

People bumpin'

      <BAND:Midnight on the Strand>

[Guitar Solo]

[Saxophone Solo]

[Piano Solo]

... All better get with it

      while you can

Jus' take your favorite baby

      by the hand

... Take her to a

      Midnight on the Strand

[Chorus:]

And the joint'll be jumpin'

      <BAND:Started at midnight>

The band'll be thumpin'

      <BAND:Ended at daylight>

All the people be pumpin'

      <BAND:Midnight on the Strand>

Midnite on the strand

Midnite on the strand

      <BAND:Started at midnight>

Midnite on the strand

      <BAND:Ended at daylight>

Midnite on the strand

      <BAND:Everything's alright>

Midnite on the strand

      <BAND:Rockin' it all night>

Get with it while you can