Dark Night

Hot air hangs like a dead man

From a wild tree

People sitting on porches

Thinking how things used to be

dark now

It's a dog

It's a dog

The neighborhood was changing

Stranger moving in, a new boy fell for a local girl when she made eyes at him.

She was young and pretty, no stranger to other men.

But windows were being locked at night, and old lines drawn again.

I thought these things didn't matter anymore

I thought all that blood had been shed long ago

Dark night, it's a dark night

He took her to the Oscars

He pledged his love to her

They thought it was their secret

but someone knew where they were. He held her so close, he asked about her dreams, when a bullet from a passing car made the youngest scream.

I thought these things didn't happen anymore I thought all that blood had been shed long

ago

Dark night, it's a dark night Dark night, it's a dark night