Dark Side Of Town

He was the black sheep of the family
 How did mama's pride and joy
 Go from such a precious baby
 To the devil's poster boy
 I'm gonna slick my hair like Elvis
 Roll my cuffs like Jerry Lee
 If the backbeat's born in hell
 Then that's the place I want to be
 Gonna be a midnight rider
 Gonna burn my candle down
 Followin that drivin' beat
 To the dark side of town
 From the barrooms of Deep Ellum
 To the crashpads on the bay
 He spiraled slow and steady
 Down a lonely blue hiway
 I'm gonna chase my beer with whiskey
 Stick a needle in my skin
 Gonna celebrate the mystery
 Of the hole I've fallen in
 'Cause I'm a midnite rider
 Gonna burn my candle down
 Followin' that drivin' beat
 To the dark side of town
 He loved that funky music
 He knew the backroad scenes
 Every barbeque and blues band
 Between here and New Orleans
 He put down the bottle
 October '89
 Eased up on the throttle
 Bought him a little time
 But he was a midnite rider
 He burned that candle down
 Hangin' out on easy does it street
 On the dark side of town
 Big Al settled down
 Along the banks of Onion creek
 With a pickup and a hound dog
 And a little lucky streak
 He nursed that fragile frame
 Through the hurricanes and drought
 It was a summer wind that came
 And blew the candle out
 But he was a midnite rider
 He burned that candle down
 Followin that drivin' beat
 To the dark side of town
 Oh you midnite rider
 I know you're still around
 Hangin' out on easy street
 On the dark side of town
 End:
 On the dark side of town