1. Out in the shiny night the rain was softly falling,

2. Oh, it seemed like a holy place protected by amazing grace,

1. tracks that ran down the boulevard had all been washed away.

2. we would sing right out loud those things we could not say.

1. Out of the silver night, the past came softly calling,

2. Thought we could change this world with words like love and freedom,

1. and I remember the times we spent, outside the Sad Café

2. and we were part of the lonely crowd outside the Sad Café.

Oh, expecting to fly, we would meet on that beautiful shore in the sweet by and by.

Some of our dreams came true and some just passed away,

and some of them stayed behind inside the Sad Café.

The clouds roll in, hit that shore, now that glory train, it don't stop here no more.

Now I look at the years gone by and wonder at the powers that be,

I don't know why fortune smiles on some and lets the rest go free.

3. And maybe the time has gone, the faces I recall,

but things in this life change very slowly, if they ever change at all.

There's no use in asking why, it just turned out that way,

so meet me at midnight, baby, inside the Sad Café.

Why don't you meet me at midnight, baby, inside the Sad Café ?