I'm trying to keep busy Since you left me all alone I go to work, I see my friends I get by on my own But no matter what I do by day, no matter where I've been When I turn out the lights at night The ghosts comes creeping in Chours A drink after mid-night Keeps the nightmares away A drink after mid-night Holds the thoughts of you at bay So I fix myself a tall one Right before I go to bed A drink after mid-night keeps you out of my head And every night I lay me down On my side of the bed The chill from the empty side is filling me with dread I can't stand another night of thinking about you A drink by the bedside what I need to pull me through Chours A drink after mid-night Keeps the nightmares away A drink after mid-night Holds the thoughts of you at bay So I fix myself a tall one Right before I go to bed A drink after mid-night keeps you out of my head