Steiner Tommy Shane - Then Came The Night lyrics

(Chuck Jones/John Kilzer) Long legged shadows, Mississippi sunset She was standing like a candle that hadn't been burned yet The wind was blowing clouds like ashes Had my hand in my pocket, reaching for my matches I can see those cotton sheets a dancin' On her mama's clothesline in my head From my lips a lucky strike was danglin' The day was dying in a sea of red Then came the night warm and dark Draggin' it's chains across our hearts The moon was full, the gra** was wet Making us scream, making us sweat Holding on tight, it was wrong, it was right Then came the night There was a time when love was a flower Now it's a vine that climbing up the tower And the river just rolls past the garden Where love won't grow and the ground is hardened I can hear the ringing mission bell Telling of the innocence that's dying A sound that I remember oh so well