Dark Night

Hot air hangs like a dead man
 From a white oak tree
 People sitting on porches
 Thinking how things used to be
 Dark night
 It's a dark night
 Dark night
 It's a dark night
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 The neighborhood was changing
 Strangers moving in
 A new boy fell for a local girl
 When she made eyes at him
 She was young and pretty
 No stranger to other men
 But windows were being locked at night
 Old lines were drawn again
 I thought these things
 Didn't matter anymore
 I thought all that blood
 Had been shed long ago
 Dark night
 It's a dark night
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 He took her to the outskirts
 And pledged his love to her
 They thought it was their secret
 But someone knew where they were
 He held her so close
 He asked about her dreams
 When a bullet from a passing car
 Made the young girl scream
 I thought these things
 Didn't happen anymore
 I thought all that blood
 Had been shed long ago
 Dark night
 It's a dark night
 Dark night
 It's a dark night