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Laugh The Night Away

from They Come In The Night by Mike Greene

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WAY DOWN IN THE SOUTH WHERE I COME FROM
PEOPLE FACE THE DAY WITH A SMILE
THOUGH THERE WORK WAS HARD THEY’D BE LAUGHING ALL THE WHILE
WELL I WAS YOUNG AND I NEVER NOTICED
HOW PURE A PRESON’S SPIRIT CAN BE
I LONGED FOR THE CITY I KNEW WOULD SET ME FREE
WELL AND IT’S ALL SO TRUE RIGHT NOW AIN’T NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR YOU
WHERE YOU LOVE AND LAUGH THE NIGHT AWAY
WELL I LEFT MY DADDY’S HOUSE LATE ONE EVENING
JUMPED A TRAIN TO BALTIMORE
PULLED IN THREE DAYS LATER AND STRAIGHT FOR THE LIGHTS I TORE
PEOPLE THEY PUSHIN’ AND SHOVIN’ GRABIN’ EVERYTHING THEY COULD HOLD
CARING ‘BOUT NOBODY JUST PEOPLE BOUGHT AND SOLD
HEY AND IT’S ALL SO TRUE RIGHT NOW AIN’T NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR YOU
WHERE YOU LOVE AND LAUGH THE NIGHT AWAY LAUGH THE NIGHT AWAY
SOON MY SOUL GREW WEARY AND BEATEN ALL MY FAITH IN PEOPLE WAS GONE
MONEY HUNGRY BEGGARS HAD SEEN MY FACE TOO LONG
WELL I NEVER KNEW TILL THEN WHAT I WANTED
THE CITY LIGHTS BURNED CLEAR TO MY BONES
LEFT THAT VERY EVENING AND SOON I’LL BE BACK HOME
WELL IT’S ALL SO TRUE RIGHT NOW AIN’T NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR YOU
WHERE YOU LOVE AND LAUGH THE NIGHT AWAY

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from They Come In The Night, released August 20, 2012

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