Dallas After Midnight

Album: Delirium Tremolos

Dallas After Midnight

 

 

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

Oh, Dallas after midnight

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

Oh, Dallas after midnight

Oh, Dallas after midnight

Dallas after midnight

 

Oh, Dallas after midnight

Oh, Dallas after midnight

Oh, Dallas after midnight

Dallas after midnight