Red River Shore - Unreleased version #2, Time Out Of Mind

Some of us turn off the lights and we live
 In the moonlight shooting by
 Some of us scare ourselves to death in the dark
 To be where the angels fly
 Pretty maids all in a row lined up
 Outside my cabin door
 I've never wanted any of them wanting me
 Except the girl from the Red River shore
 Well, I sat by her side and for a while I tried
 To make that girl my wife
 She gave me her best advice and she said
 Go home and lead a quiet life
 Well, I've been to the east and I've been to the west
 And I've been out where the black winds roar
 Somehow, though, I never did get that far
 With the girl from the Red River shore
 Well, I knew when I first laid eyes on her
 I could never be free
 One look at her and I knew right away
 She should always be with me
 Well, the dream dried up a long time ago
 Don't know where it is anymore
 True to life, true to me
 Was the girl from the Red River shore
 Now I'm wearing the cloak of misery
 And I've tasted jilted love
 And the frozen smile upon my face
 Fits me like a glove
 But I can't escape from the memory
 Of the one that I'll always adore
 All those nights when I lay in the arms
 Of the girl from the Red River shore
 Well, we're living in the shadows of a fading past
 Trapped in the fires of time
 I've tried not to ever hurt anybody
 And to stay out of a life of crime
 And when it's all been said and done
 I never did know the score
 One more day is another day away
 From the girl from the Red River shore
 Well, I'm a stranger here in a strange land
 But I know this is where I belong
 I'll ramble and gamble for the one I love
 And the hills will give me a song
 Nothing looks that familiar to me
 I know I've stayed here before
 One time, a thousand nights ago
 With the girl on the Red River shore
 I went back to see about it once
 Went back to straighten it out
 Everybody that I talked to had seen us there
 Said they didn't know who I was talking about
 Well, the sun went down on me a long time ago
 I've had to fall back from the door
 I wish I could have spent every hour of my life
 With the girl from the Red River shore
 Now, I've heard of a guy who lived a long time ago
 A man full of sorrow and strife
 Whenever someone around him died and was dead
 He knew how to bring em on back to life
 Well, I don't know what kind of language he used
 Or if they do that kind of thing anymore
 Sometimes I think nobody ever saw me here at all
 Except the girl from the Red River shore