From the recording Surviving The Dream
I wrote this song with my friend Gray Lee as sort of a “closing down the bar”-type song. It’s served as sort of a benediction to my live concerts over the past few years, and I’m in love with how our arrangement came together for this album.
Lyrics
Goodnight to the waitress
And the regular crowd
Goodnight to the band
That’s playing too loud
Goodnight, goodnight, to you all goodnight.
Goodnight to the ladies
Goodnight to gents
Goodnight you go-getters
Who got up and went
Goodnight, goodnight, to you all goodnight.
Goodnight to the gypsies
The weary, the worried
Goodnight to the tipsy
The drowsy, the blurry
Goodnight, goodnight, to you all goodnight.
Goodnight to the cowboys
And rodeo clowns
To the salt of the earth
And the dust of the ground
Goodnight, goodnight, to you all goodnight.
Goodnight street preacher
Reading from King James Dean
Goodnight all you pushers
And alleyway queens
Goodnight, goodnight, to you all goodnight.
Goodnight to the voice
Of a lost generation
Singing for tips
In a dark railway station
Goodnight, goodnight, to you all goodnight.
Goodnight you ambitious
Too big for this town
Come back when you’re ready
To lay some roots down
Goodnight to the hustlers
To the wise-guys and thieves
Goodnight all you skeptics
And those who believe
Goodnight to the late crowd
Goodnight early risers
Goodnight all you poets
Goodnight plagiarizers
Goodnight to the faithful
Goodnight to few
Goodnight all you lovers
And the ones you love too.
Goodnight, goodnight, to you all goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight, to you all goodnight