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[00:14.93]Hot air hangs like a dead man
[00:18.88]From a white oak tree
[00:22.57]People sitting on porches
[00:25.97]Thinking how things used to be
[00:29.11]Dark night, it's a dark night
[00:36.00]Dark night, it's a dark night
[00:42.33]
[00:59.28]The neighborhood was changing
[01:02.84]Strangers moving in
[01:06.53]A new boy fell for a local girl
[01:09.73]When she made eyes at him
[01:13.93]She was young and pretty
[01:17.06]No stranger to other men
[01:21.21]Open doors were being locked at night
[01:24.41]And old lines drawn again
[01:28.99]I thought these things
[01:31.34]Didn't matter anymore
[01:36.40]I thought all that blood
[01:38.54]Had been shed long ago
[01:41.97]Dark night, it's a dark night
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[01:58.08]He took her to the outskirts
[02:01.72]And pledged his love to her
[02:05.46]They thought it was their secret
[02:08.62]But someone knew where they were
[02:12.56]He held her so close
[02:15.75]He asked about her dreams
[02:20.08]When a bullet from a passing car
[02:23.58]Made the young girl scream
[02:28.14]I thought these things
[02:30.29]Didn't happen anymore
[02:35.34]I thought all that blood
[02:37.59]Had been shed long ago
[02:40.93]Dark night, it's a dark night
[02:48.06]Dark night, it's a dark night
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