Nobody Knew His Name Lyrics - Terms Of My Surrender - John Hiatt

Well a man in a Cadillac used to come around here 

Looking for a long black train 

Said his baby left town with an Engineer 

Cut across the midnight rain, boys 

Straight across the midnight rain 

Now everybody said he'd been in Vietnam 

When he was pretty young 

That's when buddy got killed when his rifle jammed 

Now the fighting ain't never done, boys 

Now the fighting ain't never done. 

Red tip while the cigarette glowin' 

Windows up against the rain 

Night so dark, there was nothing else showin' 

Nobody knew his name, boys 

Nobody knew his name 

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Sheriff run him off once in a while 

But he would be right back 

With a cup of coffee, an old newspaper ... 

Sitting by the side of the tracks, boys 

Crying by the side of the tracks 

He'd try to keep from turning the tables 

Hired walking horses out at Suffolk Downs 

But there was always some whiskey back at the stables 

If you knew where to look around, boys 

If you knew where to look around. 

Red tip of a cigarette glowin' 

Windows up against the rain 

Night so dark, there was nothing else showin' 

But nobody knew his name, boys 

Nobody knew his name 

Photos 

Slinging Pizza and Beer 

Down at Waterfront Park 

Handicapping dogs for the clientele 

A different pick for each one 

Yeah, it didn't matter who won 

Somebody gonna tip him well, boys 

Somebody gonna tip him well 

Well they found him in his Cadillac car 

Out behind the old farm store 

He was sitting there like we was going somewhere 

And he wasn't coming back no more, boys 

He wasn't coming back no more