Five Minutes to Midnight

Album: Boys Like Girls (2006)
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  • Brown eyes and lungs are filled up with smoke
    Fast lives are stuck in the undertow
    But you know the places I wanna go
    'Cause oh-oh-oh
    I've got a sickness, you've got the cure
    You've got the spunk I've been looking for
    And I got a plan, we walk out the door

    You know you wanna just let go
    It's time to roll down the windows
    Sing it, oh-oh-oh
    Yeah, all we need, so here we go

    Turn it up
    It's five minutes to midnight
    You're coming home with me tonight
    I can't get enough, shakin' me up, turn it up
    Alright, at five minutes to midnight
    You see our name in city lights
    We'll make the clock stop, make your heart drop
    And come alive

    We could pack up and leave other things behind
    No fact or fiction or story line
    'Cause I need you more than just for tonight
    Your oh-oh-oh
    All I care I can't stop my breathing in
    I'm weak and you were my medicine
    I won't stop 'til I am under your skin

    You know you wanna just let go
    It's time to roll down the windows
    Sing it, oh-oh-oh
    Yeah, all we need, so here we go

    Turn it up
    It's five minutes to midnight
    You're coming home with me tonight
    I can't get enough, shakin' me up, turn it up
    Alright, at five minutes to midnight
    You see our name in city lights
    We'll make the clock stop, make your heart drop
    And come alive

    And when the clock strikes twelve
    Will you find another boy to go and kiss and tell?
    'Cause you know I never will
    I think we could strike a match
    And hold it to the wind to
    See how long it lasts
    We can make the time stand still

    Turn it up
    It's five minutes to midnight
    You're coming home with me tonight
    I can't get enough, shakin' me up, turn it up
    Alright, at five minutes to midnight
    You see our name in city lights
    We'll make the clock stop, make your heart drop

    (And come alive) turn it up
    Five minutes to midnight
    You're coming home with me tonight (me tonight)
    I can't get enough, shakin' me up, turn it up
    Alright, at five minutes to midnight
    You see our name in city lights (city lights)
    We'll make the clock stop, make your heart drop
    And come alive Writer/s: David Katz, Martin Johnson, Sam Hollander
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Lucy from Kootingal, AustraliaHe needs her more than just for tonight!! He doesn't want to forget about her the next morning, and he obviously wants a future with this girl. Need I say more?
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