G C
It's Midnight at a liquor store in Texas
G D7
Closing time another day is done
G C A7
When a boy walks in the door and points a pistol
G D7 G
He can't find a job but Lord he's found a gun
C
He pulls it off with no trace of confrontation
G D7
That he lets the old man run out in the street
G C A7
Even though he knows they'll come with guns a blazing
G D7 G
already he can feel that great relief
F C
Oh how many travelers get wear-y
G D7
Bearing both their burdens and their scars
G C
Don't you think they'd love to start all over
G D7 G
And fly like eagles out among the stars
C
He pictures the arrival of the cruisers
G D7
Sees that old familiar anger in their eyes
G C A7
He knows that when they're shooting at this loser
G D7 G
They'll be aiming at the demons in their lives
Repeat #3
C
Evening news it carries all the details
G D7
He dies in every living room in town
G C A7
And in his own a bottle's thrown in anger
G D7 G
And his father cries we'll never live this down
F C
Oh how many travelers get wear-y
G D7
Bearing both their burdens and their scars
G C A7
Don't you think they'd love to start all over
G D7 G
And fly like eagles out among the stars
D7 G
And fly like eagles out among the stars
