Darkness on the Edge of Town

Well, they're still racing out at the trestles

But that blood it never burned in her veins

Now I hear she's got a house up in Fairview

And a style she's trying to maintain

Well, if she wants to see me

You can tell her that I'm easily found

Tell her there's a spot out 'neath Abraham's Bridge, and tell her

There's a darkness on the edge of town

There's a darkness on the edge of town

Well, everybody's got a secret, son

Something that they just can't face

Some folks spend their whole lives trying to keep it

They carry it with them every step that they take

Till some day they just cut it loose

Cut it loose or let it drag 'em down

Where no one asks any questions

Or looks too long in your face

In the darkness on the edge of town

In the darkness on the edge of town

Some folks are born into a good life

And other folks get it anyway, anyhow

Well, now I lost my money and I lost my wife

Them things don't seem to matter much to me now

Tonight I'll be on that hill, 'cause I can't stop

I'll be on that hill with everything I got

With our lives on the line, where dreams are found and lost

I'll be there on time and I'll pay the cost

For wanting things that can only be found

In the darkness on the edge of town

In the darkness on the edge of town