**Friends After Midnight** [Immediate groove: shuffled two-step drums, warm bouncing bass, bright electric piano chords] [Intro: male vocal through a narrow-band telephone filter, dry mono, intimate half-spoken half-sung delivery] He-hey! You still awake? Call me, call me. It's never too late. [Verse 1: clear full-range male vocal, short rhythmic sung phrases] Your name lights up. I know that tone. You say, “I'm fine.” You're not alone. [Chorus: clear full-bodied singing, catchy melody, light backing harmonies] Call me, call me, I'm still here. Friends after midnight, Loud and clear. No big speech, No perfect line. You got my number. I got time. [Post-Chorus: clear layered melodic vocals] Oh-oh, I got time. Oh-oh, stay on the line. [Verse 2: clear full-range male vocal, warm smiling delivery] You tell that joke You always tell. I know the ending. You know me well. [Chorus: clear full-bodied singing, full bouncing groove] Call me, call me, I'm still here. Friends after midnight, Loud and clear. No big speech, No perfect line. You got my number. I got time. [Short instrumental hook: syncopated synth melody, electric piano and shuffling drums] [Bridge: telephone-filtered male singing, narrow-band dry mono voice, music stays full and rhythmic] Some nights it's you. Some nights it's me. We take our turns. That's how we'll be. [Final Chorus: telephone filter off, clear full-bodied lead, fuller backing harmonies] Call me, call me, I'm still here. Friends after midnight, Loud and clear. No big speech, No perfect line. You got my number. I got time. [Outro: clear warm singing, repeated rhythmic hook] Call me, call me. I got time. Friends after midnight. Stay on the line. [Short resolved rhythmic ending with electric piano and bass]


