Song Lyrics Unknown - Night Riders Lament    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Night Riders Lament Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Night Riders Lament Theme ID: 4967 Album: N/A NIGHT RIDER'S LAMENT (G) C F / C G G7 / F G7 C / G G7 C F C F C / F G7 C / F G7 C F C F / G7 C Last night as I was riding Graveyard shift, midnight to dawn, Oh, the moon was as bright as a reading light For a letter from an old friend back home. 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 loosing your share - - Oh, you must have gone crazy out there." He said, "Last night I run into Jenny; She's married and has a good life. Oh, you sure missed the track when you never come back; She's the perfect professional's wife. She asked me, 'Why does he ride for his money? Why does he rope for short pay? He ain't gettin' nowhere and he's loosing his share. Oh, he must have gone crazy out there.' " But they've never seen the Northern Lights. Never seen the hawk on the wing. Never seen the spring hit the great divide - - No, they've never heard old camp cookie sing. Well, I read up the last of the letter. I tore off the stamp for Black Jim. And Billy come by to relieve me; Just looked at my letter and grinned. He said, "They ask you why do you ride for your money? Why do you rope for short pay? You ain't gettin' nowhere and you're loosing your share - - Oh, you must have gone crazy out there." But they've never seen the Northern Lights. Never seen the hawk on the wing. Never seen the spring hit the great divide - - No, they've never heard old camp cookie sing. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Words and music by Mike Burton, copyright 1975 Groper Music, Inc. Recorded on Fashioned in the Clay, FSI-104, 1985, Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir, and Ed Trickett. Also recorded earlier by Jerry Jeff Walker with a yodel at the end. It's a nice statement about different strokes for different folks with a little bite to it. @work @cowboy filename[ RIDRNITE DC ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Nobody Knows The Trouble Ive Seen, Nobody Knows You When Youre Down And Out, North Country Maid, Northeast Passage, Norway Native Anthem Text, Nostradamus, Nottingham Ale, Now Robin Lend To Me Thy Bow, Nowhere In A Hurry Blues, Number Fifteen Sunscreen, Nuts In May, Nutting Girl, O Christmas Tree, O Come All Ye Faithful, O Du Lieber Augustin, O For Ane And Twenty Tam, O Holy Night, O Kenmures On And Awa Willie, Oak Ash And Thorn, October Roses, Ode To The Little Brown Shack, Odooleys First Five Oclock Tea, Oedallay, Of Late Ive Been Driven Near Crazy, Off To Dublin In The Green, Oggy Man, Oh A Drop Of Nelsons Blood Wouldnt Do Us Any Harm, Oh Are You Sleeping Maggie, Oh Come All Ye Faithful, Oh Con All The Faithful, Oh Freedom, Oh Genevieve, Oh Holy Night, Oh How He Lied, Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem, Oh Lovely Appearance Of Death, Oh Mistress Mine, Oh My Liver And My Lungs, Oh No John, Oh Oh Oh Its A Lovely War, Oh Susanna, Oh That Low Bridge, Oh What A Face, Oh What A Merry Land Is England, Old And Only In The Way, Old Avram Brown Round, Old Bangum, Old Beer Bottle, Old Blue, Old Blue Suit, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy