Nobody Knew His Name
John Hiatt
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Well a man in a Cadillac used to come around here Looking for a long black train Said his baby left town with an Engineer Cut across the midnight rain, boys Straight across the midnight rain Now everybody said he'd been in Vietnam When he was pretty young That's when buddy got killed when his rifle jammed Now the fighting ain't never done, boys Now the fighting ain't never done Red tip while the cigarette glowin' Windows up against the rain Night so dark, there was nothing else showin' Nobody knew his name, boys Nobody knew his name Sheriff run him off once in a while But he would be right back With a cup of coffee, an old newspaper Sitting by the side of the tracks, boys Crying by the side of the tracks He'd try to keep from turning the tables Hired walking horses out at Suffolk Downs But there was always some whiskey back at the stables If you knew where to look around, boys If you knew where to look around. Red tip of a cigarette glowin' Windows up against the rain Night so dark, there was nothing else showin' But nobody knew his name, boys Nobody knew his name Slinging pizza and beer Down at Waterfront Park Handicapping dogs for the clientèle A different pick for each one Yeah, it didn't matter who won Somebody gonna tip him well, boys Somebody gonna tip him well Well they found him in his Cadillac car Out behind the old farm store He was sitting there like we was going somewhere And he wasn't coming back no more, boys He wasn't coming back no more
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Written by: John R Hiatt
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