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Night Rider's Lament Paroles

Nanci Griffith

Album Other Voices / Other Rooms

Paroles de Night Rider's Lament

(By Michael Burton)

While I was out a-ridin'
The graveyard shift midnight till dawn
The moon was as bright as a reading light
For a letter from an old friend back home

[Chorus:]
He asked me
Why do you ride for your money?
Why do you rope for short pay?
You ain't gettin' nowhere
And you're losin' your share
Oh, you must've gone crazy out there

He said last night I ran into Jenny
They married and have a good life
Oh, you sure missed the track when you never came back
She made the perfect professional's wife

[Chorus (She)]

[Bridge:]
They've never seen the northern lights
Never seen a hawk on the wing
Never seen the spring hit the Great Divide Little Dougie rode up to relieve me
He just looked at my letter and grinned

[Chorus (They)]
[Bridge (They)]