it's twelve am and the church bell reminds me that i walk these streets alone / it's not each ring that hurts but the silence in between every solitary tone / and the cracks in the sidewalk, the way the lights in each window talk, each telling me why i miss your smile / the center of town is a few side streets that meet with nothing much in between / one traffic light that in the dead of the night i can hear turn from red to green / it's a moment like this, where this silence feeds the lonliness / and everything i see makes me think of you / chorus / if i said i love you would it be too soon / cause timing is everything in this old familiar tune / i would spend my life underneath a wandering moon / if every time i said goodbye, i could come back home to you / this little town fights the end of the day by throwing light into the sky / from second street i watch the steeple light give up, turn off, and say goodnight / it is speaking to me and to the stars that i now can see / telling us that it's our time to shine / chorus / sorry to call so late, i know you were sleeping but this could not wait / tonight the silence gave me no choice, i had to break it, i had to hear your voice / chorus