Night Rider's Lament Lyrics

(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

Mar 1993

1. Across The Great Divide - Emmylou Harris
2. Woman Of The Phoenix - Vince Bell
3. Tecumseh Valley - Arlo Guthrie
4. Three Flights Up
5. Boots Of Spanish Leather
6. Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness - John Prine
7. From Clare To Here - Pete Cummins
8. Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
9. Do Re Mi - Guy Clark
10. This Old Town
11. Comin' Down In The Rain - Lee Satterfield
12. 10 Degrees and Getting Colder
13. Morning Song For Sally
14. Night Rider's Lament
15. Are You Tired Of Me Darling
16. Turn Around
17. Wimoweh - Odetta