Too Many Nights Too Long

(Paul Cotton)
 As the moon goes fading
 He lies awake waiting
 For a break in the night
 When he makes he's lonely flight
 And it's the same old story
 Somebody bound for glory
 And somewhere in my life
 I swear it had to belong
 I've been countin' the stars
 As they come on through the bars
 And I've been heard singin'
 A sad man's song
 It's time for busting
 Out of this jail
 And get me a gun
 No time for bail
 And I've been here too many nights too long
 And now I wonder if
 They'll find me tonight
 I've been sleepin' in the day
 Runnin' below the pale moonlight
 Hidin' in a canebrake
 From a man I can't seem to shake
 And in my head
 I'm hearing a southern song
 Mississippi,
 Roll on in my brain
 And keep me sheltered
 In the summer rain
 I could never stay here too many nights too long
 And now I wonder if
 They'll find me tonight
 I've been sleepin' in the day
 Runnin' below the pale moonlight
 Escondido en un canaveral
 De un hombre que no puedo ver
 Y el hombre, escondido
 De donde sera
 Mississippi,
 Roll on in my brain
 And keep me sheltered
 In the summer rain
 I could never stay here too many nights too long
 I could never stay here too many nights too long