Frank went down with the broken hearted
Surrendered to the souls departed
And vanished in the alley steam

Me I live a solemn song
Sometimes sad but always strong
Sinkin in a prairie soil
We burn midnight oil

As a wicked and a workin man
I took him east to the Reeperbhan
In the day he’d touch her curls
And I drink St. Pauli Girl

But the graveyard shift and we’re all alone
We live among the dust and bones
How will we carry on
When the midnight oil is gone

We keep on burnin
The candle at both ends
We keep on burnin
Midnight oil

In the sun we punch an honest fight
And I rage against the dying light
But the coal black sky unfurls

And it leads the way to the underworld
And it passes over sacred mile
The land between the Lord and I
And obscures the line we walk along
In the dark before the dawn
And how will we carry on
When the midnight oil is gone