After reading "The Book", native Savannahian Rick Burris wrote this unauthorized musical version of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil".  While living in New Orleans in 1995, Rick felt the impact of the Midnight Madness wave that was sweeping his native city. This thought-inducing song about Midnight's priviledged characters will certainly inspire you, too. 

A certain midnight dawns on the garden of good and evil
In the presence and the company of the the somewhat stranger people
The good comes with catches, the evil is abound
Then you'll find that evil is all there is around
Then you'll find that evil is all there is around 

Nineteenth Century charm Twentieth Century alarm
That sounds its warning too late to react
Resulting in a role that really takes its toll
You lose yourself in the final act
You lose yourself in the final act 

Privileged characters overtime exempt themselves from rules
Given inches they take miles, Rules are just for fools
The time proven tangled web that is always weaved
Presents itelf so prevalent when deceit is up their sleeves 

Intoxicating pleasures and financial treasures
Like charms on a bracelet marking time
While walking all too bold, into an abysmal hole
Then find the exit much too high to climb 

Nineteenth century charm, Twentieth Century Alarm
That sounds its warning too late to react
Resulting in a role that really takes its toll
You lose yourself in the final act
You lose yourself in the final act
You lose yourself in the final act. 

c. 1995 Rick Burris