Talkin' 'bout the midnight gambler
Well, he's pouncing like proud black panther
Did you hear about the midnight rambler?
Or just the shoot 'em dead, brainbell jangler
He don't go in the light of the morning
Did you hear about the midnight rambler
Well, don't you listen for the midnight rambler?
Sighin' down the wind so sadly
Well, I'm talkin' about the midnight gambler, yeah
Talkin' 'bout the midnight gambler
And did you see me make my midnight call?
Well, you can say I, I told you so
You know, the one you've never seen before
Well, honey, it's no rock and roll show
The one that closed the bedroom door
Listen and you'll hear him moan, yeah, well
The one that shut the kitchen door?
Don't you do that
Did you see him jump the garden wall?
It's not one of those
One you never seen before
Well you heard about the Boston
He split the time the cockerel crows
The knife-sharpened tippie-toe
He don't give a hoot of warning
Wrapped up in a black cat cloak
Coming down your marble hall
And if you ever catch the midnight rambler
I'm called the hit-and-run raper in anger
Don't you do that
The one you never seen before, yeah
Don't you do that
Oh, you all, play it easy as you go
Everybody got to go, dance
He'll leave his footprints up and down your hall
Talkin' 'bout the midnight gambler
I'm gonna smash down all your plate glass windows
Put a fist, put a fist through your steel-plated door
And did you hear about the midnight gambler?
So if you ever meet the midnight rambler
I'll go easy with your cold fanged anger
Well, talkin' 'bout the midnight
Did you hear about the midnight rambler
I'll steal your mistress from under your nose
