oh the night is long when i m all alone long as a wire looking for a telephone i want to take all those nights where we was lonesome and blue string them all back together and spend them all with you never shine sun let the moon stay above i wanna keep on keepin on lovin my love hey mr rooster get yourself a backpack catch yourself a night flight grab yourself a catnap hey mr songbird go visit your cousin that pretty one you ve been missin i think she lives down in tucson go shine on canada on the windchill factor go shine on russia help them build another tractor shine on la climb up and down the charts shine on washington d c and warm up their cold hearts shine on shreveport st louie or kokomo jus don t shine here for another week or so there s a drop of dew hanging on each blade of grass hang on and tremble don t let the night pass light on the horizon linger on and on oh it s jus some city it can t be the dawn 