“After Midnight (Nothing Good Happens)”
By Twisted Pine
Performed by Twisted Pine:
Kathleen Parks // lead vocals and fiddle
Chris Sartori // bass
Dan Bui // mandolin
Anh Phung // flute, background vocals
with Ethan Robbins // guitar
Directed, filmed, edited by Jay Strausser / Jay Strausser Visuals
Additional Camera Operators: Sam Watson and Taylor Lewis
Assistant Editor: Taylor Lewis
Filmed at
Ossipee Valley Music Festival, Hiram, Maine
Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots Festival, Manchester Center, Vermont
With special thanks to: Bill Johnson & Molly Griffin McKenna, Jill & John Turpin
From the forthcoming full-length album LOVE YOUR MIND, co-produced by Twisted Pine and Dan Cardinal at Dimension Sound Studios in Boston. Due out October 18, 2024 from @SignatureSounds
Order LOVE YOUR MIND here: twistedpine.lnk.to/love
"After Midnight (Nothing Good Happens)"
Written by Kathleen Mary Parks (BMI), Dan Bui (BMI), and Anh Phung (SOCAN) of Twisted Pine
LYRICS:
Nothing good happens after midnight
Unless you’re pickin’ til dawn
And even then you lose
Time and sleep, you forget you gotta brush your teeth Just to pick a country song
Verse 1
Well, I’ve been here at this bluegrass festival since early this morning I’ve been standing on my feet and baking in the sun
Now that moon she is coming up from behind the treeline
And I guess it’s time to hit the hay, say my day is done
Pre-Chorus
But oh, that late-night, good-time’s calling
Even though my eyelids wanna hit the floor
And my inner voice says “Let’s party!”
And that second wind cries out “Baby, it’s time for more”
Chorus
Nothing good happens after midnight
Unless you’re pickin’ til dawn
And even then you lose
Time and sleep, you forget you gotta brush your teeth
Just to pick a country song
I might look back at this and grin or it’s all going to make me cringe
But now I’ve got cold beer, right here
A fiddle right up to my ear, friends that play along
Verse 2
I hear laughter around the campfire and it’s calling me over
There’s Petey on the guitar, Lord, he’s beginning to strum
Dogs are burning on the grill, smells good but I’ve had enough
And just when I turn to leave somebody hands me a bun
Pre-Chorus 2
And oh, that late-night, good-time’s roaring
Even though my eyelids wanna hit the floor
And my inner voice says “Let’s party!”
And that second wind cries out “Baby, it’s time for more”
Chorus
- Pick it! -
Solos
(Mandolin Solo)
“Now on the guitar, Ethan Robbins” (Guitar Solo)
“Hey look! Here comes Anh Phung!” (Flute Solo)
“Oh you know I gotta get in on this ... “ (Fiddle Solo)
Pre-Chorus 3
And oh, I guess I’ll see the morning
Even though I know that I’ll be sore
And my inner voice will say “Sorry”
But I know down the road that I will be back for more
Final Chorus
Nothing good happens after midnight Unless you’re pickin’ til dawn
And even then you lose
Time and sleep, you forget you gotta brush your teeth
Skeeters start to eat your feet
Trying not to take a leak
Throwing up some midnight meat
Took some shrooms about to be
Hookin’ up with Dirty Pete
Just to pick a country song
I might look back at this and grin and they might call me “unhinged”
But now I’ve got cold beer, right here
A fiddle right up to my ear, friends that play along
I’ve got cold beer, right here
A fiddle right up to my ear, friends that play along
©℗ Twisted Pine 2024 under exclusive license to Signature Sounds Recordings