Bringing me down, I'm aground in the light of the interstate cars Passing me by, the and semis Plunging like from a slingshot on Mars
But I'm here by the road, to the load I picked up in ten thousand 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 the light Ohh, I'm in you
I left St. Louis, City of In the of a storm I'd rather forget I to pretend it came to an end 'Cause you weren't the I once thought I'd met
But I can't deny, oh, have gone by I never had or thoughts of regret And I was a man when all began Who wouldn't think twice about being yet
Black-throated wind, in sin Is speaking of that passes like dew me to see you've done better by me Better by me than I've by you
Now to be found, racing around You your pain wherever you go Oh, of the blues trying to lose You ain't gonna learn what you don't want to
I give you my eyes, all of lies Please help them to as well as to see That a glance, oh, and make a dance Of at you, looking 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, what I'm gonna do
Goin' back that's what I'm gonna do Turnin' around, that's what I'm do back home that's what 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 home that's I'm gonna do Well, I'm drowning in you