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A Long Night Lyrics
Long night, it's a long night, my friend
The barrooms and the back street's dead end
Sometimes I thought I saw the sunrise and good times in the air
It was just, it was just another big town with midnight's neon glare
Long night, it's a long night, I know
The bus rides and the "nowhere to go"
I've seen what the street corners do to things like love and dreams
Seen what the bottle can do to a man with his hopes and his schemes
A long night, what a long night it has been
The wheelers and the dealers, they win
I've tasted the 90-proof gin and chased it away with the blues
I rarely paid debts that I owed but I sure have paid my dues
No daylight, just a long night for me
The barrooms and the back street's dead end
Sometimes I thought I saw the sunrise and good times in the air
It was just, it was just another big town with midnight's neon glare
The bus rides and the "nowhere to go"
Seen what the bottle can do to a man with his hopes and his schemes
The wheelers and the dealers, they win
I've tasted the 90-proof gin and chased it away with the blues
I rarely paid debts that I owed but I sure have paid my dues
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I love this song... just full of imagery. I can just see myself or just some guy in a hat, button-up shirt with the first few buttons undone at the top with khakis and his coat slung over his shoulder and smoking a cigarette. He's reminiscing on his past, I'd say and he's just remembering how close to ruin he came on the "90-proof gin" and the "bottle".
R.I.P. Ol' Blue Eyes. =)