Bringing me down, I'm aground Blind in the of the interstate cars Passing me by, the and semis Plunging like from a slingshot on Mars
But I'm by the road, bound to the load I up in ten thousand cafes and bars Alone with the rush of the who won't pick me up The highway, the moon, the clouds and the
The black-throated wind on pouring in With its words of a life nothing is new Ah, Mother American Night, I'm lost from the Ohh, I'm in you
I left St. Louis, City of In the midst of a storm I'd rather I tried to it came to an end you weren't the woman I once thought I'd met
But I can't deny, oh, have gone by I had doubts or thoughts of regret And I was a man when all began Who think twice about being there yet
wind, whisper in sin Is speaking of life that passes dew me to see you've done better by me Better by me I've done by you
Now to be found, racing around You carry pain wherever you go Oh, full of the blues to lose You ain't learn what you don't want to know
I give you my eyes, all of their Please help them to learn as as to see That capture a glance, oh, and a dance Of looking at you, at me
The wind keeps on pouring in With its of a lie that could almost be true Ah, Mother American Night, here the light Goin' around, that's what I'm do
Goin' back that's what I'm gonna do Turnin' around, what I'm gonna do Goin' back home that's I'm, I'm gonna do You've done better by me than I've by you
Ohh, I'm in you Ohh, I'm in you I'm goin' back that's what I'm gonna do Well, I'm goin' in you