THE MIDNIGHT CALL (Don Rigsby)
By: Dixie Hall (BMI)
Tom T. Hall (BMI)

VERSE 1: THE TELEPHONE OUT IN THE KITCHEN
RANG OUT IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT
AWAKENED FROM MY RESTLESS SLEEPING
I FUMBLED AROUND FOR A LIGHT
THE CLOCK ON THE WALL CHIMED OUT MIDNIGHT
AS I HEARD A GENTLE VOICE SAY
COME DOWN TO THE DEPOT AND MEET ME
PLEASE HURRY AND LEAVE RIGHT AWAY

CHORUS 1: COME DOWN, COME DOWN TO THE DEPOT
AND HURRY AND LEAVE RIGHT AWAY

VERSE 2: I THREW ON SOME CLOTHES IN AN INSTANT
AND NOT 'TIL I'D DRIVEN THRU TOWN
REMEMBERED THE CRUMBLING DEPOT
A LONG TIME AGO WAS TORN DOWN
AND I FOLLOWED THE TRACKS OF THE RAILROAD
UNTIL I CAME TO THE RIGHT SPOT
IN SHADOWS I SAW THAT THE DEPOT
WAS THERE ON THAT EMPTY OLD LOT

CHORUS 2: IT WAS THERE, WAS THERE, THE DEPOT
WAS THERE ON THE EMPTY OLD LOT

VERSE 3: AND THERE ON THE STEPS OF THE DEPOT
MY DEAR MOTHER STOOD IN THE DARK
I HAD NOT SEEN HER SINCE I RAN AWAY
IN TROUBLE AND BROKE HER OLD HEART
SHE SAID, I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU
I'M BOARDING A GLORY BOUND TRAIN
HAVE FAITH IN YOUR LORD AND YOUR SAVIOR
GOD BLESS YOU 'TIL WE MEET AGAIN

CHORUS 3: HAVE FAITH, HAVE FAITH IN YOUR SAVIOR,
HE'LL BLESS YOU 'TIL WE MEET AGAIN

VERSE 4: AGAIN I COULD HEAR A PHONE RINGING
AND THEN I AWOKE FROM MY DREAM
I STUMBLED BACK INTO THE KITCHEN
MY SISTER WAS CALLING MY NAME
SHE CRIED I'M SO SORRY TO WAKE YOU
DEAR MOTHER IS DEAD WHERE SHE FELL
THE LAST THING SHE SAID WAS YOU ALREADY KNEW
SHE DIED AT A QUARTER PAST TWELVE