Then Came The Night Lyrics - Singles - Tommy Shane Steiner

(Chuck Jones/John Kilzer) 

Long legged shadows, Mississippi sunset 

She was standing like a candle that hadn't been burned yet 

The wind was blowing clouds like ashes 

Had my hand in my pocket, reaching for my matches 

I can see those cotton sheets a dancin' 

On her mama's clothesline in my head 

From my lips a lucky strike was danglin' 

The day was dying in a sea of red 

Then came the night warm and dark 

Draggin' it's chains across our hearts 

The moon was full, the grass was wet 

Making us scream, making us sweat 

Holding on tight, it was wrong, it was right 

Then came the night 

There was a time when love was a flower 

Now it's a vine that climbing up the tower 

And the river just rolls past the garden 

Where love won't grow and the ground is hardened 

I can hear the ringing mission bell 

Telling of the innocence that's dying 

A sound that I remember oh so well