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Track: Night Rider's Lament
Artist: Nanci Griffith
Album: Other Voices, Other Rooms

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Name: Nanci Griffith
Spotify Genres: folk, americana, singer-songwriter
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American singer, guitarist and songwriter Born: 6th July 1953 Seguin, Texas, USA Died: 13th August 2021, Nashville, Tennessee, USA Founded the [a=Blue Moon Orchestra (2)]. Won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1994. Married to [a=Eric Taylor (3)] from 1976 to 1982. See also label [l=Nanci Griffith].

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Release: Nanci Griffith - Other Voices | Other Rooms
Year: 1993
Genres: Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Country, Folk

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LYRICS

(By Michael Burton)
While I was out a-ridin'
The graveyard shift midnight till dawn
The moon was as bright as a reading light
For a letter from an old friend back home

[Chorus:]
He asked me
Why do you ride for your money?
Why do you rope for short pay?
You ain't gettin' nowhere
And you're losin' your share
Oh, you must've gone crazy out there

He said last night I ran into Jenny
They married and have a good life
Oh, you sure missed the track when you never came back
She made the perfect professional's wife

[Chorus (She)]

[Bridge:]
They've never seen the northern lights
Never seen a hawk on the wing
Never seen the spring hit the Great Divide
And they ain't ever heard old Camp Cookie sing

Now, I read up the last of my letter
And tore of the stamp for Black Jim
Little Dougie rode up to relieve me
He just looked at my letter and grinned

[Chorus (They)]
[Bridge (They)]