Night Rider's Lament Lyrics

The song Night Rider's Lament is performed by Garth Brooks in the album named The Limited Series in the year 1998 .



One night while I was out a ridin'
The grave yard shift, midnight 'til dawn
The moon was bright as a readin' light
For a letter from an old friend back home.

And he asked me
Why do you ride for your money
Tell me why do you rope for short pay
You ain't a'gettin' nowhere
And you're loosin' your share
Boy, you must have gone crazy out there.

He said last night I ran on to jenny
She's married and has a good life
And boy you sure missed the track
When you never come back
She's the perfect professional's wife.

And she asked me
Why does he ride for his money
And tell me why does he rope for short pay
He ain't a'gettin' nowhere
And he's loosin' his share
Boy he must've gone crazy out there.

Ah but they've never seen the northern lights
They've never seen a hawk on the wing
They've never spent spring on the great divide
And they've never heard ole' camp cookie sing.

Well I read up the last of my letter
And I tore off the stamp for black jim
And when billy rode up to relieve me
He just looked at my letter and grinned.

He said now
Why do they ride for their money
Tell me why do they ride for short pay
They ain't a'gettin' nowhere
And they're loosin' their share
Boy, they must've gone crazy out there
Son, they all must be crazy out there



Garth Brooks - The Limited Series

May 1998

  1. Not Counting You
  2. I've Got a Good Thing Going
  3. Uptown Down Home Good Ol' Boy
  4. Everytime That It Rains
  5. Alabama Clay
  6. Cowboy Bill
  7. Nobody Gets Off in This Town
  8. I Know One
  9. New Way to Fly
  10. Victim of the Game
  11. This Ain't Tennessee
  12. Wild Horses
  13. Same Old Story
  14. Mr. Blue
  15. Wolves
  16. Which One of Them
  17. Somewhere Other Than the Night
  18. Mr. Right
  19. Every Now and Then
  20. Walking After Midnight
  21. Dixie Chicken
  22. Learning to Live Again
  23. Something With a Ring to It
  24. Night Rider's Lament
  25. Face to Face
  26. Night I Called the Old Man Out
  27. One Night a Day
  28. Kickin' and Screamin'
  29. Anonymous
  30. Red Strokes
  31. Night Will Only Know
  32. Cowboy Song
  33. Old Stuff
  34. Cowboys and Angels
  35. Fever
  36. That Ol' Wind
  37. Rollin'
  38. Change
  39. Beaches of Cheyenne
  40. To Make You Feel My Love
  41. It's Midnight Cinderella
  42. She's Every Woman
  43. Ireland

Night Rider's Lament