Runnin' With the Night Written by: Robert Earl Keen CD: Robert Earl Keen - Picnic From: [email protected] Intro: A F#m C#m D A F#m E A A D F#m E It's midnight on the interstate and I'm flying like a bird A F#m I was talking to a friend of mine, he said C#m D "Have you heard the word?" A D F#m E "I've got some people comin' by to celebrate the show, A D E A Some of them are new in town and some of them you know" A D F#m E I've got a local station on, Tejano music playing A F#m C#m D I do my best to sing along but I don't know what they're saying A D F#m E No le puedo entender but you know that it's alright A D E A I'm headed down to San Antone, runnin' with the night A I've never been no daytime guy E A Love the neon light D F#m I'm a saxophone, flash of chrome E A Runnin' with the night A D F#m E I lost my job a month ago so I took a small vacation A F#m C#m D I went out west to make the best of my lowdown situation A D F#m E Moved in with my sister you know she works every day A D E A We don't see each other much but I guess it's just that way A I've never been no daytime guy E A Love the neon light D F#m I'm a swingin' door, a meteor E A Runnin' with the night A D F#m E I've settled down a time or two and tried the other way A F#m C#m D But I don't know what to do with myself all day A D F#m E The sun goes down you give you love one last long goodnight kiss A D E A Then you stay awake thinkin' 'bout everything you miss A I've never been no daytime guy E A Love the neon light D F#m I'm a secret plan, a highwayman E A Runnin' with the night A D F#m E I was born in the wintertime underneath a purple sky A F#m C#m D I packed my things at seventeen and I kissed my folks goodbye A D F#m E Got no complaints, no regrets, I got no grand design A D I'll ride the horse that brought me here E A 'Till I cross that finish line A E A I've never been no daytime guy, love the neon light D F#m I'm an amber eye, a coyote's cry E A Runnin' with the night D F#m I'm a wall of fire, an angel choir E A Runnin' with the night
