Midnight Show Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I know what you want
I'm gonna take you to a midnight show tonight
If you can keep a secret
I got a blanket in the back seat on my mind
[Pre-Chorus]
And a little place that sits beneath the sky
She turned her face to speak, but no one heard her cry
[Chorus]
"Drive faster, boy
Drive faster, boy, ooh, yeah-ooh"
[Verse 2]
I know there's a hope
There's too many people tryin' to help me cope
You got a real short skirt
I wanna look up, look up, look up, yeah, yeah
We were just in time
Let me take a little more off your mind
There's somethin' in my head, somewhere in the back, sayin'
"We were just a good thing, we were such a good thing"
[Pre-Chorus]
Make it go away without a word
But promise me you'll stay and fix these things I've heard
I know what you want
I'm gonna take you to a midnight show tonight
If you can keep a secret
I got a blanket in the back seat on my mind
[Pre-Chorus]
And a little place that sits beneath the sky
She turned her face to speak, but no one heard her cry
[Chorus]
"Drive faster, boy
Drive faster, boy, ooh, yeah-ooh"
[Verse 2]
I know there's a hope
There's too many people tryin' to help me cope
You got a real short skirt
I wanna look up, look up, look up, yeah, yeah
We were just in time
Let me take a little more off your mind
There's somethin' in my head, somewhere in the back, sayin'
"We were just a good thing, we were such a good thing"
[Pre-Chorus]
Make it go away without a word
But promise me you'll stay and fix these things I've heard
[Chorus]
Oh, make it go away, oh
Drive faster, boy, ooh, yeah-ooh, oh no
[Bridge]
A crashing tide can't hide a guilty girl
With jealous hearts that start with gloss and curls
I took my baby's breath beneath the chandelier
Of stars in atmosphere and watched her disappear
[Chorus]
Into the midnight show
A-faster, a-faster, a-faster, a-faster, faster, a-faster
Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
[Outro]
If you can keep a secret
Well, baby, I can keep it if you can keep a secret
(She said she loved me)
If you can keep a secret, I can keep a secret
(She said she loved me)
If you can keep a secret
Well, baby, I can keep it if you can keep a secret
Oh, make it go away, oh
Drive faster, boy, ooh, yeah-ooh, oh no
[Bridge]
A crashing tide can't hide a guilty girl
With jealous hearts that start with gloss and curls
I took my baby's breath beneath the chandelier
Of stars in atmosphere and watched her disappear
[Chorus]
Into the midnight show
A-faster, a-faster, a-faster, a-faster, faster, a-faster
Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
[Outro]
If you can keep a secret
Well, baby, I can keep it if you can keep a secret
(She said she loved me)
If you can keep a secret, I can keep a secret
(She said she loved me)
If you can keep a secret
Well, baby, I can keep it if you can keep a secret
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Genius Annotation
It is a part of the Killers' “Murder Trilogy,” a trio of songs that detail the murder of a girl named Jenny. This song details the actual murder, and falls in between “Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf” (the killer preparing to commit the murder) and “Jenny Was a Friend of Mine” (the killer’s confession) in the chronology of the story.
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Cornerstone Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California), Dave Keuning's apartment (Las Vegas, Nevada) and The Hearse (Berkeley, California)
Release Date
June 7, 2004
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