C.w. Mccall - Night Rider Lyrics
(bill fries, chip davis)[a ghostly chorus]Night riderWell, a-truckin on the night line, quarter past fiveTryin to get my rig an me to frisco aliveFog lights up tight, a-givin me the creepsJust a winnemucca trucka with a load a black sheep[a ghostly chorus]Night riderI got a belly full a jelly and head full a painBennies spinnin spider webs, a-messin my brainTryin ta get myself together with a shot a black cWhat I really oughta get me is an hour a zs[chorus, but not ghostly]Night rider, night rider, losin your mindLook at those lights til you think youve gone blindNight rider, night rider, losin your mindLook at those lights, til youve gone blindWell, alabammy mammy got a spell on my lifeKansas city kitty cut my heart out tonightI lost a c-note in reno off a keno and crapsAnd now smokeys on the overpass a-settin his trapsWhite lines lasers burnin holes in my eyesFeel like Im hypnotized, think Im gonna dieInterstate 80, gonna get me no sleepJust a-winkin and a-blinkin with a stinkin load a sheep[chorus]Night rider, night rider, losin your mindLook at those lights til you think youve gone blindNight rider, night rider, losin your mindLook at those lights, til youve gone blind[a ghostly chorus]Night rider[ghostly, but its not the chorus]Ba ba black sheep, have you any wool?Yes sah, yes sah, three bags fullOne for my master, and one for my dameAnd one for jimmy bowen who lives in l.a.[chorus]Night rider, night rider, losin your mind (yeah)Look at those lights til you think youve gone blind[psychotic cackling here. hes losin it.]Night rider, night rider, losin your mindLook at those lights til you think youve gone blindNight rider, night rider, losin your mindLook at those lights til you think youve gone blind[fade out]Night rider, night rider, losin your mindLook at those lights til you think youve gone blindNight rider, night rider, losin your mindLook at those lights til you think youve gone blindNight rider, night rider, losin your mindLook at those lights til you think youve gone blindNight rider, night rider, losin your mindLook at those lights til you think youve gone blindNight rider, night rider, losin your mindLook at those lights til you think youve gone blind