oh once upon a midnight dreary i woke with something in my head i couldnt escape the memory of a phone call and of what you saidlike a game show contestant with a parting gift i could not believe my eyes when i saw through the voice of a trusted friend who needs to humor me and tell me lies yeah humor me and tell me liesand ill lie too and say i dont mind and as we seek so shall we find and when youre feeling open ill still be here but not without a certain degree of fear of what will be with you and me i still can see things hopefullybut you why you wanna give me a runaround is it a surefire way to speed things up when all it does is slow me downand shake me and my confidence about a great many things but ive been there i can see it cower like a nervous magician waiting in the wingsof a bad play where the heroes are right and nobody thinks or expects too much and hollywoods calling for the movie rights singing hey babe lets keep in touch hey baby lets keep in touchbut i want more than a touch i want you to reach me and show me all the things no one else can see so what you feel becomes mine as well and soon if were lucky wed be unable to tell whats yours and mine the fishings fine and it doesnt have to rhyme so dont you feed me a linebut you why you wanna give me a runaround is it a surefire way to speed things up when all it does is slow me downtra la la la la bombardier this is the pilot speaking and ive got some news for you it seems my ship still stands no matter what you drop and there aint a whole lot that you can dooh sure the banner may be torn and the winds gotten colder perhaps ive grown a little cynical but i know no matter what the waitress brings i shall drink it and always be full yeah i will drink it and always be fulloh i like coffee and i like tea id like to be able to enter a final plea i still got this dream that you just cant shake i love you to the point you can no longer takewell all right okay so be that way i hope and pray that theres something left to sayfor you now why you wanna give me a runaround is it a surefire way to speed things up when all it does is slow me downoh yeah now why you wanna give me a runaround is it a surefire way to speed things up when all it does is slow me down