Night Rider's Lament-Nanci Griffith

[ti:Night Rider's Lament] [ar:Nanci Griffith] [al:Other Voices Other Rooms] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Night Rider's Lament - Nanci Griffith (南西·葛瑞芬) [00:05.72]While I was out a-riding [00:09.03] [00:10.74]The graveyard shift midnight till dawn [00:14.17] [00:16.17]The moon was as bright as a reading light [00:20.46] [00:21.09]For a letter from an old friend back home [00:24.42] [00:25.34]And He asked me [00:26.97]Why do you ride for your money [00:30.40] [00:31.90]Why do you rope for short pay [00:35.19] [00:36.60]You ain't getting nowhere [00:38.77]And you're losing your share [00:44.85] [00:45.42]Oh You must've gone crazy out there [00:49.36] [00:50.96]He said last night I ran into Jenny [00:54.37] [00:56.20]They married and have a good life [00:59.45] [01:01.00]Oh you sure missed the track when you never came back [01:05.84] [01:06.48]She made the perfect professional's wife [01:10.00] [01:10.95]He asked me [01:12.35]Why do you ride for your money [01:15.17] [01:17.28]Why do you rope for short pay [01:20.48] [01:22.08]You ain't getting nowhere [01:24.08]And you're losing your share [01:30.35] [01:30.90]Oh You must've gone crazy out there [01:34.70] [01:36.44]They've never seen the northern lights [01:41.30] [01:41.98]Never seen a hawk on the wing [01:45.31] [01:47.12]Never seen the spring hit the Great Divide [01:54.78] [01:55.61]Oh they never heard old Camp Cookie sing [01:59.42] [02:21.29]Now I read up the last of my letter [02:24.63] [02:26.36]And tore off the stamp for Black Jim [02:29.59] [02:31.42]Little Dougie rode up to relieve me [02:35.12] [02:36.50]He just looked at my letter and grinned [02:40.19] [02:40.81]And He asked me [02:42.07] [02:42.64]Why do they ride for their money [02:45.01] [02:47.22]Why do they rope for short pay [02:50.55] [02:51.97]They ain't getting nowhere [02:54.08]And they're losing their share [03:00.11] [03:00.91]Oh they must've crazy out there [03:04.60] [03:06.18]They've never seen the northern lights [03:10.88] [03:11.64]They Never seen a hawk on the wing [03:14.91] [03:16.73]They Never seen the spring hit the Great Divide [03:22.00] [03:25.37]And they never heard old Camp Cookie sing