Paroles de Black Mountain Ballad

When the night wind rustles the faraway eaves Rolling down the long valley through the cottonwood trees And the wild river rises with last season's rains I awake in the darkness and call your name I lie awake, and I know that sleep won't come soon I watch the headlights crawl up and down the wall of my lonely room I think of that club by the river where we danced on and on I swore our love could last forever, and you laughed on and on There's a highway over yonder, lit by a Moon pale and cold Where together we would wander before our love grew old There were roadside stands and a hundred faces we would never know But we held tight to each other, and you said: John, I love you so I wanna weep, but the tears won't run I wanna sleep, but the sleep don't come Last night, I stood on Black Mountain and looked out to the sea Where the waters of the Mystery River go rushing endlessly All she said was: I'm sorry, Joe, but I gotta go We had it once, but we ain't got it anymore