Lyric Another Midnight

he was a coal miner in the spring
blinded with its dusty resolutions
broke his back for higher contributions
now he d take anything
well she was 1970
burning like a cigarette long season
heir to her family s old treasons
she makes love hard like an enemy
oh ma he s dying

and the river don t sleep
when the water runs cold
and the calendar burns
as the story unfolds
and the valley spans miles
when the mountain stands high
can t they let us run wild
for another midnight

perhaps we re election day
pumping hands and kissing all the babies
ain t no time for shadowed doubts or maybes
is there another way?
or we re a stolen Cadillac
racing for a roadblock in the distance
flashing by a lifetime in an instance
can we take it all back?
oh ma he s dying
oh ma he s dying

and the river don t sleep...

can we take it back

and the valley spans miles
when the mountain stands high
can t they let us run wild
for another midnight