A LONG NIGHT
Alec Wilder & Loonis McGlohon

Frank Sinatra


Long night.....it's a long night, my friend.....
the barrooms.....and the back streets.....dead end.....sometimes
I thought I saw the sun rise.....and good times.....in the air.....
it was just.....it was just another big town.....
with midnight's neon glare.....

Long night.....it's a long night.....I know.....the bus
rides.....and the nowhere to go.....I've seen what the street corners do.....
to things like.....love and dreams....
seen what the bottle can do.....to a man with his hopes.....
and his schemes.....

A long night.....what a long night.....it has been.....the
wheelers.....and the dealers.....they win.....I've tasted
the ninety proof gin.....and chased it away with the blues..
I rarely paid debts that I owed.....but I sure have paid my
dues.....

No daylight.....just a long night.....for me...........




(Contributed by Richard W. Mills - March 2009)