Night Rider Lyrics - C.w. Mccall

(Bill Fries, Chip Davis) 

[A ghostly chorus] 

Night rider 

Well, a-truckin' on the night line, quarter past five 

Tryin' to get my rig an' me to 'Frisco alive 

Fog lights up tight, a-givin' me the creeps 

Just a Winnemucca trucka with a load a' black sheep 

[A ghostly chorus] 

Night rider 

I got a belly full a' jelly and head full a' pain 

Bennies spinnin' spider webs, a-messin' my brain 

Tryin' ta get myself together with a shot a' black C 

What I really oughta get me is an hour a' Zs 

[Chorus, but not ghostly] 

Night Rider, Night Rider, losin' your mind 

Look at those lights 'til you think you've gone blind 

Night Rider, Night Rider, losin' your mind 

Look at those lights, 'til you've gone blind 

Well, Alabammy Mammy got a spell on my life 

Kansas City Kitty cut my heart out tonight 

I lost a C-note in Reno off a' Keno and craps 

And now Smokey's on the overpass a-settin' his traps 

White lines lasers burnin' holes in my eyes 

Feel like I'm hypnotized, think I'm gonna die 

Interstate 80, gonna get me no sleep 

Just a-winkin' and a-blinkin' with a stinkin' load a' sheep 

[Chorus] 

Night Rider, Night Rider, losin' your mind 

Look at those lights 'til you think you've gone blind 

Night Rider, Night Rider, losin' your mind 

Look at those lights, 'til you've gone blind 

[A ghostly chorus] 

Night rider 

[Ghostly, but it's not the chorus] 

Ba ba black sheep, have you any wool? 

Yes sah, yes sah, three bags full 

One for my master, and one for my dame 

And one for Jimmy Bowen who lives in L.A. 

[Chorus] 

Night Rider, Night Rider, losin' your mind (yeah) 

Look at those lights 'til you think you've gone blind 

[Psychotic cackling here. He's losin' it.] 

Night Rider, Night Rider, losin' your mind 

Look at those lights 'til you think you've gone blind 

Night Rider, Night Rider, losin' your mind 

Look at those lights 'til you think you've gone blind 

[Fade out] 

Night Rider, Night Rider, losin' your mind 

Look at those lights 'til you think you've gone blind 

Night Rider, Night Rider, losin' your mind 

Look at those lights 'til you think you've gone blind 

Night Rider, Night Rider, losin' your mind 

Look at those lights 'til you think you've gone blind 

Night Rider, Night Rider, losin' your mind 

Look at those lights 'til you think you've gone blind 

Night Rider, Night Rider, losin' your mind 

Look at those lights 'til you think you've gone blind