Night Rider's Lament Lyrics
The song Night Rider's Lament is performed by Nanci Griffith in the album named Other Voices, Other Rooms in the year 1993 .
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(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
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
Bridge
They've never seen the northern lights
Never seen a hawk on the wing
Never seen the spring hit the Great Divide
Oh, they never heard old Camp Cookie sing
I read up the last of my letter
And tore off the stamp for Black Jim
Little Dougie rode up to relieve me
He just looked at my letter and grinned
Chorus
Bridge
Nanci Griffith - Other Voices, Other Rooms
- Across The Great Divide - Emmylou Harris
- Woman Of The Phoenix - Vince Bell
- Tecumseh Valley - Arlo Guthrie
- Three Flights Up
- Boots Of Spanish Leather
- Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness - John Prine
- From Clare To Here - Pete Cummins
- Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
- Do Re Mi - Guy Clark
- This Old Town
- Comin' Down In The Rain - Lee Satterfield
- 10 Degrees and Getting Colder
- Morning Song For Sally
- Night Rider's Lament
- Are You Tired Of Me Darling
- Turn Around
- Wimoweh - Odetta