A Night on the Town lyrics

She moved back around here thirty-five weeks ago today

Oh down the lane

At night she walks on the banks and remembers how she

Dreamed of rowing away

And how she left one day

She left with a driven look in her eyes

Came back around with it still inside

They said give it some time and you'll forget about it too

We know they always do

Well I know

Some fine day

Van and Willie went out one night

Once they get out on the road

Well then everything is alright

Had to get away from the kids and the wives

Well they ran into some city boys that didn't walk just right

And the line was drawn for another showdown

Like they'd always seen it done

And when the lights came up on the little woods town

Ther was an old man bailing out a son

Woke up this morning looking at the screen

There's a couple of men talking

I'm not sure what they mean

There's a conversation many men running wild

We learn about the world while they're fighting in the aisles

Here we go

What do you say, what do you know

You've got your life and you watch it away

It's just another day in this old town

So get down

There were people living in a green valley

Found a way to make a lot of money

Made the green turn gradually gray

They figured they could do whatever they wanted

Everything would be alright

But scars don't always heal away

And the sons and the daughters got diamonds and gold

But they were given a land where

Strong roots never take hold

Good seed don't grow

Some live life with eyes that don't see

They look away at the time of your greatest need

Some talk, some'll just do, some turn their back

Turn around and just walk away I know I've done that

Lonely Days and lonely nights

Easy to be cynical never put yourself on the line

I'd like to reach out well why don't I

Take the load up off your back I'd like to try

Let me carry your water

They're looking for some hired guns on the Texas border

To shoot 'em all down if they try to cross over the water

And they've got their old white hoods and the same old orders

To keep the dark sons away from their daughters

The nights they came on horses

Are long gone with the wind

Now they're passing out the torches

And they're coming back again

There's a shotgun blast

There was a man of confused and sad nature

Thought no one loved him that was not true

He said he was a lost soul didn't fit in anywhere

Didn't know where to turn or who to turn to

There's a lost soul coming down the road

Somewhere between two worlds

With an oar in his hands and a song on your lips

We'll row the boat to the far shore

Row the boat of the loved lost soul

Riding in the early evening I'd say

I know of a certain tree

I always asked if you wanted to go

You'd just sit there silently

Now you say come on let's go

You know where you want to be

As I watch you tan in the waters so brown

Desire gets the best of modesty

Walk me down the side of the water

Lay your weary head on me

Lay your clothes up on the table

And he stands at the banquet room bar

Looking over the crowd

The reunion band playing too loud

And he sees his fellow old star

Looks him up and down

Sees a little of himself in his frown

The stander on the mountain

Looking for the fountain to drink some, to think some

About the old days

King of the mountain

Nothing could be found of the old ways, the old days

Well she was so fine

On the first impression

I was taken, taken in by the view

With eyes so soft

And a face so smooth

I found her selling in a fashion booth

All that I said was "Do you sell suits?"

She said you're a scream and your accent's so cute

Her mother had to meet me, it all sounded funny

But then my friends told me well the girls got money

It's alright, It's okay

Well I'm walking on the floor

Hanging right round the door

Hoping you will come through

Wanting you to, sweat on my brow

I'm no saint

Nothing left but a bad excuse

The heat makes you do things

You might just not do

In your right mind

But you'll do what you do

You can be sure I'll be there

It's gonna take these arms of mine

All that they've got to hold onto you