Fire at midnight
Ashes at the dawn.
All the burned out lovers
Have come and now are gone.
Scattered to the four winds
Nothing much remains.
'Cept the shade of memory
That colors all my chains.
Let em roll  Let em roll
Let em roll the night away
The love we tasted
Cannot endure this day.
Leave me in peace now
What kind I cannot say.
Let em roll 
Let em roll the night away.

She asked the question
That I could never ask
She asked the question
And an answer was my task.
And I surely did remind her
Of someone in her past.
When she heard the words I spoke
She broke out in a laugh.
Let em blow Let em blow
Let em blow my words away.
I did not mean them
But I thought I had to say.
Something she wanted
To ease her mind and stay.
Let em blow
Let em blow my words away.

Lying here beside her
In the aftermath well spent.
No lies were exchanged
Just our bodies lent.
Silent in these moments
We hold each other tight.
Oh to be a prisoner
Of this sweet and endless night.
Let em blow Let em blow
Let em blow my blues away.
The love I've waited for 
Has come perhaps to stay.
While she's here now
I'll love her for today.
Let em blow
Let em blow my blues away.

Copyright by Fred Grittner 1995