The Night

By summer's end, I predict that I'll
 Have finally lost my mind
 The doctor said that these new pills
 Well, they might help me this time
 And I hope that's the case 'cause I feel I am wasting
 The one life that I have
 The chances, they come, and the chances, they go
 But the time, well, you can't get that back
 And Johnnie called me late last night
 And I told Mr. Walker just go home
 Why do the demons in my mind
 Never wanna leave me alone?
 It's the pistol and the bottle
 It's the drugs and it's the throttle
 They tell me they'll make me feel alive
 But I know good and well that ain't gonna help
 I'm just praying, praying I make it through the night
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 Well, I'd love to get to sleep, but I can't get too deep
 Though I'm doing the best that I can
 My mind wants to talk about everything I'm not
 Even worse, everything I am
 I tell my friends and they tell me that
 Time will only do me well
 But I won't shut my mouth, is it a rule down in the south
 That you can't talk about your mental health?
 And Johnnie called me late last night
 Well, I told Mr. Walker just go home
 Why do the demons in my mind
 Never wanna leave me alone?
 It's the pistol and the bottle
 It's the drugs and it's the throttle
 They tell me they'll make me feel alive
 But I know good and well that ain't gonna help
 I'm just praying, praying I make it through the night
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 Well, Johnnie called me late last night
 And I told Mr. Walker just go home
 Why do the demons in my mind
 Never wanna leave me alone?
 It's the pistol and the bottle
 It's the drugs and it's the throttle
 They tell me they'll make me feel alive
 But I know good and well that ain't gonna help
 I'm just praying, praying I make it through the night
 I'm praying I make it through the night