Hot air hangs like a dead man
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From a white oak tree
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People sitting on porches
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Thinking how things used to be
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Dark night
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its a Dark night
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The neighborhood was changing
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Strangers moving in
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A new boy fell for a local girl
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When she made eyes at him
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She was young and pretty
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No stranger to other men
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But doors were being locked at night
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Old lines were drawn again
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CHORUS
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I thought these things
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Didn't happen anymore
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I thought all the blood
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Had been shed long ago
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Dark night
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its a Dark night
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He took her to the outskirts
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And pledged his love to her
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They thought it was their secret
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But someone knew where they were
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He held her so close
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He asked about her dreams
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when a bullet from a passing car
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made the young girl scream.
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CHORUS
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Dark Night
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| Dave Alvin |
