Long night, it's a long night, my friend
  The barrooms and the back street's dead end
  Sometimes I thought I saw the sunrise and good times in the air
  It was just, it was just another big town with midnight's neon glare
  Long night, it's a long night, I know
  The bus rides and the "nowhere to go"
  I've seen what the street corners do to things like love and dreams
  Seen what the bottle can do to a man with his hopes and his schemes
  A long night, what a long night it has been
  The wheelers and the dealers, they win
  I've tasted the 90-proof gin and chased it away with the blues
  I rarely paid debts that I owed but I sure have paid my dues
  No daylight, just a long night for me