Clara Monroe - Before Midnight
The hallway’s finally quiet
The dishes have been put away
There’s wrapping paper in the corner
From everything that happened today
The tree is still wide awake
Throwing colors across the floor
And somehow this little room
Feels bigger than it did before
Before midnight
Before the whole world changes
Before the morning finds us And the house fills up again
I’ll sit here for a moment
And let this feeling stay
Before midnight
Before Christmas starts the day
There’s a stocking by the fireplace A ribbon underneath the chair
Someone left a glass beside the table
And nobody moved it from there
The snow keeps falling outside
Like it has nowhere else to be
And I can hear the old clock ticking
Like it’s counting down for me
Before midnight
Before the whole world changes Before the morning finds us And the
house fills up again
I’ll sit here for a moment
And let this feeling stay
Before midnight
Before Christmas starts the day
Somewhere upstairs
Someone turns in their sleep
Someone’s dreaming of tomorrow
And the promises we keep
There’s something about this hour
You never quite understand
How a whole year can disappear
And still feel close enough to hold in your hands
Tomorrow there’ll be laughter
There’ll be paper everywhere
There’ll be coffee in the kitchen
And somebody yelling, “Are we there?” But right now the world is
waiting
And I don’t need anything more
Just these little lights still shining
And the quiet by the door
Before midnight
Before the whole world changes
Before the morning finds us
And the house fills up again
I’ll sit here for a moment
And let this feeling stay
Before midnight
Before Christmas starts the day
The clock is getting closer
The snow is falling still
The whole house is holding its breath
And I think the whole world will (Twelve…)