Bringing me down, I'm running aground Blind in the light of the interstate cars Passing me by, the buses and semis Plunging like stones from a slingshot on Mars But I'm here by the road, bound to the load I picked up in ten thousand cafes and bars Alone with the rush of the drivers who won't pick me up The highway, the moon, the clouds and the stars The black-throated wind keeps on pouring in With its words of a life where nothing is new Ah, Mother American Night, I'm lost from the light Ohh, I'm drowning in you I left St. Louis, City of Blues In the midst of a storm I'd rather forget I tried to pretend it came to an end 'Cause you weren't the woman I once thought I'd met But I can't deny, oh, times have gone by I never had doubts or thoughts of regret And I was a man when all this began Who wouldn't think twice about being there yet Black-throated wind, whisper in sin Is speaking of life that passes like dew Forced me to see you've done better by me Better by me than I've done by you Now what's to be found, racing around You carry your pain wherever you go Oh, full of the blues trying to lose You ain't gonna learn what you don't want to know I give you my eyes, all of their lies Please help them to learn as well as to see That capture a glance, oh, and make a dance Of looking at you, looking at me The black-throated wind keeps on pouring in With its words of a lie that could almost be true Ah, Mother American Night, here comes the light Goin' around, that's what I'm gonna do Goin' back home that's what I'm gonna do Turnin' around, that's what I'm gonna do Goin' back home that's what I'm, I'm gonna do You've done better by me than I've done by you Ohh, I'm drowning in you Ohh, I'm drowning in you I'm goin' back home that's what I'm gonna do Well, I'm goin' drowning in you
Bringing me down, I'm running aground Blind in the light of the interstate cars Passing me by, the buses and semis Plunging like stones from a slingshot on Mars But I'm here by the road, bound to the load I picked up in ten thousand cafes and bars Alone with the rush of the drivers who won't pick me up The highway, the moon, the clouds and the stars The black-throated wind keeps on pouring in With its words of a life where nothing is new Ah, Mother American Night, I'm lost from the light Ohh, I'm drowning in you I left St. Louis, City of Blues In the midst of a storm I'd rather forget I tried to pretend it came to an end 'Cause you weren't the woman I once thought I'd met But I can't deny, oh, times have gone by I never had doubts or thoughts of regret And I was a man when all this began Who wouldn't think twice about being there yet Black-throated wind, whisper in sin Is speaking of life that passes like dew Forced me to see you've done better by me Better by me than I've done by you Now what's to be found, racing around You carry your pain wherever you go Oh, full of the blues trying to lose You ain't gonna learn what you don't want to know I give you my eyes, all of their lies Please help them to learn as well as to see That capture a glance, oh, and make a dance Of looking at you, looking at me The black-throated wind keeps on pouring in With its words of a lie that could almost be true Ah, Mother American Night, here comes the light Goin' around, that's what I'm gonna do Goin' back home that's what I'm gonna do Turnin' around, that's what I'm gonna do Goin' back home that's what I'm, I'm gonna do You've done better by me than I've done by you Ohh, I'm drowning in you Ohh, I'm drowning in you I'm goin' back home that's what I'm gonna do Well, I'm goin' drowning in you
