You lean on wet brick wall tonight
Radio crackles low static call
Vending machine glows electric light
Keeps the midnight patrol on call
Midnight watch in Tokyo rain
Silver badge catches drizzle plain
You count slow steps on cold wet stone
This narrow alley is your own
Pack of Mild Sevens burned down quick
Ash falls where your heavy boots clicked
Salaryman stumbles past so fast
Homeward bound on last train past
Midnight watch in Tokyo rain
Silver badge catches drizzle plain
You count slow steps on cold wet stone
This narrow alley is your own
Koban box glows faint amber light
Shift ends but you wait out night
Steam rises from subway grate below
Warmth the winter cold don't know
Midnight watch in Tokyo rain
Silver badge catches drizzle plain
You count slow steps on cold wet stone
This narrow alley is your own
Dawn breaks slow on Shibuya crossing
Signs fade with no warning
But you'll return when dark falls deep
Same corner same watch you keep
Tin cup sits cold on wooden crate
Another shift sealed by fate
I flip eggs for your return trip
Grease fires burn while you grip
Midnight watch in Tokyo rain
Silver badge catches drizzle plain
You count slow steps on cold wet stone
This narrow alley is your own
Fresh coffee waits hot black strong
Night shift never stays too long