When The Night Was Young

Album: How To Become Clairvoyant (2011)
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  • We headed straight south in a sundown light
    On Highway 61 through the delta night
    We shared the back roads with card sharks and grifters
    Tent show evangelists and Luke the Drifter

    What is lost? What is missing?
    What's been gone way too long?

    We had dreams when the night was young
    We were believers when the night was young
    We could change the world stop the war
    Never seen nothing like this before
    But that was back when the night was young

    The sign reads, "God Bless America, guns and ammo"
    I'm not sure that's what He means
    The sign readsm "Repent the end is near"
    I'm not sure that's what we need

    Get your heart beating in the right direction
    That's when you make a real connection

    We had dreams when the night was young
    We were believers when the night was young
    We could change the world stop the war
    Never seen nothing like this before
    But that was back when the night was young

    (Say) Now Andy Warhol's in the hotel lobby
    He's waiting for the late night muse
    But she won't be back before morning
    She's gone downtown to hear some Blues (to hear some Blue)

    Like the sun rising out of the sea
    It's how you embrace the mystery

    We had dreams when the night was young
    We were believers when the night was young
    We could change the world stop the war
    Never seen nothing like this before
    But that was way back when the night was

    We had dreams when the night was young
    And we were believers when the night was young
    We could change the world stop the war
    Never seen nothing like this before
    But that was way back when the night was young Writer/s: Robbie Robertson
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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