| Oh the night is long when I’m all alone
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| Long as a wire looking for a telephone
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| I want to take all those nights
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| Where we was lonesome and blue
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| String them all back together and spend them all with you
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| Never shine sun
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| Let the moon stay above
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| I wanna keep on keepin'
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| On lovin' my love
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| Hey, Mr. Rooster, get yourself a backpack
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| Catch yourself a night flight
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| Grab yourself a catnap
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| Hey, Mr. Songbird, go visit your cousin
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| That pretty one you’ve been missin'
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| I think she lives down in Tucson
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| Go shine on Canada on the windchill factor
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| Go shine on Russia — help them build another tractor
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| Shine on LA — climb up and down the charts
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| Shine on Washington, D.C. and warm up their cold hearts
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| Shine on Shreveport, St. Louie or Kokomo
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| Jus' don’t shine here for another week or so
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| There’s a drop of dew hanging on each blade of grass
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| Hang on and tremble — don’t let the night pass
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| Light on the horizon — linger on and on
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| Oh, it’s jus' some city — it can’t be the dawn |