Hot air hangs like a dead mannFrom a wide oak treenPeople sitting on porchesnThinking how things used to benDark Night, it's a dark nightnDark Night, it's a dark nightnnThe neighbourhood was changingnStrangers movin' innA new boy fell for a local girlnWhen she made eyes with himnShe was young and prettynNo stranger to other mennBut who knows we're being locked at nightnThe old lines drawn againnI thought these things didn't happen anymorenI thought all that blood had been shed long agonDark Night, it's a dark nightnnHe took a two-piece outfitnHe pledged his love to hernThey thought it was their secretnBut someone knew where they werenI hear Hell was so closenHe asked about her dreamsnWhen a bullet from a passing carnMade the young girl screamnnI thought these things didn't happen anymorenI thought all that blood had been shed long agonDark Night, it's a dark nightnDark Night, it's a dark night