It's taken forever To get back to the start I've been piecing together What the past tore apart The streetlights are glowing But the house is all dark And I carry midnight in my heart There's no way I can change what the world has done to you Oh nightingale, don't be cruel There's a space we're all missing There's a hole in my mind I thought life would be different I thought God would be kind We're all stuck in transition We're all prisoners of time I'm either too far ahead or behind And there's no way you can change what the world has done to me Oh nightingale, my nightingale Oh nightingale, set me free And there's no way I can change all the sadness that we know Oh nightingale, my nightingale My nightingale, let me go Oh nightingale, my nightingale My nightingale, let me go