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Night Rider's Lament
Dave Stamey

One night as I was riding

Graveyard shift, midnight to dawn

The moon was as bright as a reading light

For a letter from an old friend back home

He asked me, Why do you ride for your money?

Why do you rope for short pay?

You ain't gettin' nowhere and you're loosin' your share

You must have gone crazy out there.


He said, Last night I run into Jenny

She's married and has a good lif

Oh, you sure missed the track when you never come back;

She's the perfect professional's wife


She asked me, 'Why does he ride for his money?

Why does he rope for short pay?

He ain't gettin' nowhere and he's loosing his share

He must have gone crazy out there'


But they've never seen the Northern Lights


Never seen the hawk on the wing

Never seen the spring hit the great divide

They've never heard old camp cookie sing


Well, I read up the rest of my letter

I tore off the stamp for Black Jim

Billy rode up to relieve me

He looked at my letter and grinned


He said, Why do we ride for your money?

Why do we rope for short pay?

Ww ain't gettin' nowhere and were loosing our share

Oh, we all must be crazy out here

But they've never seen the Northern Lights

Never seen the hawk on the wing.

Never seen the spring hit the great divide

They've never heard old camp cookie sing


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