It's midnight on the interstate and I'm flying like a bird
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I was talking to a friend of mine, he said
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"Have you heard the word?"
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"I've got some people comin' by to celebrate the show,
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Some of them are new in town and some of them you know"
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I've got a local station on, Tejano music playing
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I do my best to sing along but I don't know what they're saying
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No le puedo entender but you know that it's alright
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I'm headed down to San Antone, runnin' with the night
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I've never been no daytime guy
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Love the neon light
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I'm a saxophone, flash of chrome
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Runnin' with the night
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I lost my job a month ago so I took a small vacation
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I went out west to make the best of my lowdown situa-tion
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Moved in with my sister you know she works every day
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We don't see each other much but I guess it's just that way
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I've never been no daytime guy
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Love the neon light
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I'm a swingin' door, a meteor
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Runnin' with the night
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I've settled down a time or two and tried the other way
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But I don't know what to do with myself all day
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The sun goes down you give you love one last long goodnight kiss
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Then you stay awake thinkin' 'bout everything you miss
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I've never been no daytime guy
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Love the neon light
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I'm a secret plan, a highwayman
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Runnin' with the night
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I was born in the wintertime under-neath a purple sky
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I packed my things at seventeen and I kissed my folks goodbye
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Got no complaints, no regrets, I got no grand de-sign
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I'll ride the horse that brought me here
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'Till I cross that finish line
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I've never been no daytime guy, love the neon light
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I'm an amber eye, a coyote's cry
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Runnin' with the night
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I'm a wall of fire, an angel choir
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Runnin' with the
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Night with the
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Night¡¦¡¦. With the
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Night¡¦¡¦ with the
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Night¡¦..
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Runnin' With the Night
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Robert Earl Keen |