Dallas After Midnight

Album: Delirium Tremolos

I pulled in the alley behind the liquor store,

Turned out the lights, left the motor runnin’, and opened up the door.

I flashed a grin and said, “Well, Jack this is gonna be a piece of cake

Later tonight we’ll head down to The Last Stand and split up the take.”

Sittin’ in the darkness, I take a drink of wine,

Feelin’ high and fast and loose and so right.

Then I think of something I’d never realized,

If I get shot tonight I ain’t never been baptized.

Oh, Dallas after midnight

Dallas after midnight

Oh, Dallas after midnight

I came runnin’ back, blinded by sweat, blood and tears.

I said, “Jack, the cat had a gun, let’s get out of here.”

I didn’t say nothin’ as we drove away.

I kept askin’ myself, “How’d I ever get so mean I couldn’t pray?”

Oh, Dallas after midnight

Now, there ain’t nothin’ I like better than drivin’ on hard concrete.

I’d rather hold a steering wheel than have a woman at my feet.

Ever since I was a little kid, I was always rowdy and loud.

Now here I am, thirty-four, still runnin’ ‘round with the wrong crowd.

Now we had such plans for when we got to Mexico.

After a high speed chase we got caught just south of San Angelo

Well the judge, he asked, “Why’d you wanna go and rob a liquor store?”

I said, “Well Your Honor, it’s hard to live in Dallas when you’re white trash and poor.”

Oh, Dallas after midnight

Dallas after midnight

Oh, Dallas after midnight

Dallas after midnight