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The Night The Night


“The kindest soul.”

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Written and arranged by Martin Oetting.

Written: 2002
Recorded: 2002, on Fostex VF 08
Musicians: coyote – guitars, vocals


Lyrics:

To school, teach class
Cook lunch and then the kids come home
Weekend, do things
Have dreams, but he’s far away
Short road, long trip
‘fraid of the border patrol
Old house, old folks
Did they know what love is for?

The night is colder
When tenderness is far
I pray to you to be with me
No matter where you are
The night, so much darker
When love can’t shake the bone
As long as you can’t hold me tight
I will feel all alone

Lost souls, lost lives
There is so much pain to learn
Read books, do chores
No rest and no tired time
Huge heart, such love
Yet why so much suffering
Alone and scared
Why that to the sweetest soul?

And the night is colder
When tenderness is far
I pray to you to be with me
No matter where you are
The night, so much darker
When love can’t shake the bone
As long as you can’t hold me tight
I will feel all alone


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© M. Oetting, 2003