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