Lyrics

[Verse 1] Bringing me down, I'm running aground Blind in the light of the interstate cars Passing me by, the buses and semis Plunging like stones from a slingshot on Mars [Pre-Chorus] But I'm here by the road, bound to the load That I picked up in ten thousand cafés and bars Alone with the rush of the drivers that won't pick me up The highway, the moon, the clouds, and the stars [Chorus] Black-throated wind keeps on pouring in With its words of a life where nothing is new Ah, Mother American Night, I pass from the light Oh, I'm drowning in you [Verse 2] I left St. Louis, City of Blues In the midst of a storm I'd rather forget I tried to pretend it came to an end 'Cause you weren't the woman I once thought I'd met [Pre-Chorus] But I can't deny, oh, times have gone by Where I never had doubts or thoughts of regret And I was a man when all this began Who wouldn't think twice about being there yet [Chorus] Black-throated wind whispering sin And speaking of a life that passes like dew It's forced me to see you've done better by me Better by me than I've done by you [Verse 3] Now what's to be found from racing around You carry your pain wherever you go Full of the blues and trying to lose You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know [Pre-Chorus] So I give you my eyes and all of their lies Please help them to learn as well as to see And capture a glance, whoa, and make it dance Of looking at you looking at me [Chorus] Black-throated wind, keeps on pouring in With its words of a life that could almost be true Ah, Mother American Night, here comes a light I'm turning around, that's what I'm gonna do [Outro] Going back home, that's what I'm gonna do I'm turning around, that's what I'm gonna do Going back home, that's what I'm gonna do 'Cause you've done better by me than I've done by you Whoa-ho, I'm drowning in you Whoa-ho, I'm drowning in you Yes, I'm, I'm going back home, that's what I'm gonna do Going back home, that's what I'm gonna do