Paws grip the ridge where chimneys lean
Fog rolls thick as pipe smoke screen
Thirty years I've walked this beat
Night shift's long but the pay is sweet
Midnight meter runs on Halloween
Yellow eyes watch the unseen
Nine lives clicking on wet slate
Every shadow pays its rate
Pumpkins grin from porch to porch
Witches stir their iron scorch
Kids in masks flag down the air
I just flick my tail, don't care
Midnight meter runs on Halloween
Yellow eyes watch the unseen
Nine lives clicking on wet slate
Every shadow pays its rate
Church bell tolls the witching hour
Power lines hum with ghostly power
Skeleton keys turn in locks below
I know routes the living don't know
Midnight meter runs on Halloween
Yellow eyes watch the unseen
Nine lives clicking on wet slate
Every shadow pays its rate
Black cat crossing brings the luck
Not the kind that gets you stuck
Cross my path, I'll cross yours too
Old town's got nothing new
Claws retract on copper flashing
Rain keeps falling, cold and smashing
No receipt for trips like these
Just the scent of autumn breeze
Dawn will break the spell to gray
Meter resets for another day
But tonight I own the roof and sky
Best damn fare I'll ever ply
Midnight meter runs on Halloween
Yellow eyes watch the unseen
Nine lives clicking on wet slate
Every shadow pays its rate
Midnight meter runs on Halloween
This cat's working Halloween
Rain taps the slate like loose change
Meter pauses, midnight arranged
