The Merlin Café - Allan Taylor, Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Göttinger Symphonie Orchester

The Merlin Café is empty

Save for a drunk or two

The waitress is waiting on going

And I’ve quit waiting on you

Midnight lovers are all the same

We dream in impossible ways

In the faded light we come alive

And hide away from the days

A song will last forever

A single dream goes far

Loneliness strips you down to the bone

That’s when you know who you are

'Cause you pay the price for choosing

The night instead of day

It’s never just a case of losing

But throwing it all away

And I’ll write you a song in the morning

And I’ll sing it for you someday

I’ll say all the things I should have said

Before you went away

The joker in his reverie

Takes another glass of wine

The poet watches carefully

And writes another line

A joker’s just a dreamer

Who got lost along the way

And dreamers can be poets

In this crazy cabaret

I remember an old man passing

His time was slipping away

I was holding his hand and waiting

'Cause there was something he wanted to say

He said, «Friends in time of trouble

They are the hardest to find

Hold on to them forever

And leave the rest behind»

And I’ll write you a song in the morning

And I’ll sing it for you someday

I’ll say all the things I should have said

Before you went away