**Midnight on the Radio** [Intro] [Short radio hiss] Click. Click. Wait. [Verse 1] Twelve oh three. A cab cuts in. The meter ticks. I climb right in. The driver turns a dusty knob. A burst of hiss. Then comes my song. [Pre-Chorus] He checks the mirror. I look away. The first line starts. I mouth it late. [Chorus] Midnight on the radio. Click-click. There I go. A line I wrote on a grocery note. Midnight on the radio. Low-low. Let it roll. The cab hits red. I sing the hook. [Verse 2] He asks, “That’s you?” I say, “I think.” He turns it up. The dashboard blinks. I miss one note. He drums the wheel. By the next street, he knows the beat. [Pre-Chorus] The light turns green. He takes the bend. The chorus lands. He sings the end. [Chorus] Midnight on the radio. Click-click. There I go. A line I wrote on a grocery note. Midnight on the radio. Low-low. Let it roll. The cab hits red. We sing the hook. [Instrumental Break] [Funk bass and brass answer the hook] [Bridge] [Half-time groove] A news voice cuts across the tune. He kills the sound. It ends too soon. He taps the wheel. He gets it wrong. I tap it back. We make a song. [Final Chorus] [Full groove returns] Midnight on the radio. Click-click. There I go. A line I wrote on a grocery note. Midnight on the radio. Low-low. Let it roll. He sings it wrong. I sing it louder. [Outro] Click. Click. One more time. [End]
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