I'm a-walkin' through the summer nights
  The jukebox playing low
  Yesterday everything was goin' too fast
  Today it's moving too slow.
    I got no place left to turn
  I got nothing left to burn
  Don't know if I saw you
  If I would kiss you or kill you
  It probably wouldn't matter to you anyhow
  You left me standin' in the doorway cryin'
  I got nothing to go back to now.
    The light in this place is so bad
  Makin' me sick in the head
  All the laughter is just makin' me sad
  The stars have turned cherry red.
    I'm strummin' on my gay guitar
  Smokin' a cheap cigar
  The ghost of our old love has not gone away
  Don't look it like it will any time soon
  You left me standin' in the doorway cryin'
  Under the midnight moon.
    Maybe they'll get me, and maybe they won't
  But not tonight and it won't be here
  There are things I could say but I don't
  I know the mercy of God must be near.
    I've been ridin' the midnight train
  Got ice water in my vein.
    I would be crazy if I took you back
  It would go up against every rule
  You left me standin' in the doorway cryin'
  Sufferin' like a fool.
    When the last rays of daylight go down
  Buddy you're older or more
  I can hear the church bells ringin' in the yard
  I wonder who they're ringin' for?
    I know I can't win
  But my heart just won't give in.
    Last night I danced with a stranger
  But she just reminded me you were the one.
    You left me standin' in the doorway cryin'
  In the dark land of the sun.
    I'll eat when I'm hungry
  Drink when I'm dry
  And live my life on the square
  And even if the flesh falls off of my face
  I know someone will be there to care.
    It always meaned so much, even the softest touch.
    I see nothin' to be gained by any explanation
  There's no words that need to be said
  You left me standin' in the doorway cryin'
  Blues wrapped around my head.