Night Riders Lament-Darden Smith

[ti:Night Riders Lament] [ar:Darden Smith] [al:Ojo] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Night Riders Lament - Darden Smith [00:11.25]While I was out a-riding [00:14.93] [00:17.33]The graveyard shift midnight till dawn [00:20.18] [00:22.74]The moon was as bright as a reading light [00:27.08] [00:28.31]For a letter from an old friend back home [00:31.37] [00:35.56]And He asked me [00:36.96]Why do you ride for your money [00:40.22] [00:42.42]Tell me [00:42.81]Why do you rope for short pay [00:45.91] [00:48.03]You ain't getting nowhere [00:49.77] [00:51.27]And losing your share [00:53.75] [00:58.04]Oh You must've gone crazy out there [01:02.21] [01:06.60]Tell me last night I ran into Jenny [01:10.41] [01:12.52]She married and have a good life [01:15.53] [01:18.19]Oh you sure missed the track when you never came back [01:22.25] [01:23.48]She made the perfect professional's wife [01:26.76] [01:31.03]She asked me [01:32.13]Why do you ride for your money [01:35.45] [01:37.67]Tell me [01:37.97]Why do you rope for short pay [01:41.08] [01:43.11]You ain't getting nowhere [01:45.12] [01:46.23]And you're losing your share [01:48.01] [01:53.00]Oh You must've gone crazy out there [01:57.56] [02:00.72]They've never seen the northern lights [02:06.53] [02:07.66]Never seen a hawk on the wing [02:10.94] [02:13.41]Never seen the spring hit the Great Divide [02:17.89] [02:22.86]Oh never heard old Camp Cookie sing [02:26.64] [02:31.87]Now I read up the last of my letter [02:34.84] [02:37.73]And tore off the stamp for Black Jim [02:40.49] [02:43.28]Little Dougie rode up to relieve me [02:46.62] [02:48.51]He just looked at my letter and grinned [02:51.88] [02:56.12]And He asked me [02:57.29]Why do they ride for their money [03:00.87] [03:02.90]Tell me [03:03.30]Why do you rope for short pay [03:06.70] [03:08.48]They ain't getting nowhere [03:10.38] [03:11.41]And they're losing you share [03:14.10] [03:18.70]Oh you must've crazy out there [03:22.87] [03:26.52]They've never seen the northern lights [03:31.78] [03:33.42]They Never seen a hawk on the wing [03:36.48] [03:39.12]They Never seen the spring hit the Great Divide [03:43.30] [03:48.46]And they never heard old Camp Cookie sing [03:51.75] [03:54.87]Never heard old Camp Cookie sing [03:57.63] [04:00.44]And they never heard old Camp Cookie sing