Before the Night Becomes the Dawn

Before the night becomes the dawn
 I'll be beside my only one
 Baby knows that when it's dark I'm gone
 But I'll be back before the night becomes the dawn
 I travel up the road with songs to sing
 And baby waits at home and wears my ring
 She knows that I'll be back just when I can
 Baby says she's glad that I'm her man
 She understands just why I've got to go
 Though she says there's times she'll miss me so
 So I don't have extra time to hang around
 Cause I know that she's at home in another town
 So before the night becomes the dawn
 I'll be beside my only one
 Baby knows that when it's dark I'm gone
 But I'll be back before the night becomes the dawn
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 You can make friends out of strangers anywhere
 And in any place you can find someone who'll care
 A hundred things to do and places you can see
 But I'm thinking 'bout that girl that waits for me
 You can't make yourself at home in some motel
 So when I call to say if things went well
 She asks if I'll stay out of town tonight
 And I tell her I'll be there by morning light
 So before the night becomes the dawn
 I'll be beside my only one
 Baby knows that when it's dark I'm gone
 But I'll be back before the night becomes the dawn
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 By the time the sun has made its trip around
 In that bayou city I'll be found
 As the shining sun reflects across the sea
 In her loving arms is where I'm bound to be
 So before the night becomes the dawn
 I'll be beside my only one
 Baby knows that when it's dark I'm gone
 But I'll be back before the night becomes the dawn