A Long Night

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