it s midnight on the interstate and i m flying like a bird i was talking to a friend of mine he said have you heard the word i ve got some people comin by to celebrate the show some of them are new in town and some of them you know i ve got a local station on tejano music playing i do my best to sing along but i don t know what they re saying no le puedo entender but you know that it s alright i m headed down to san antone runnin with the night i ve never been no daytime guy love the neon light i m a saxophone flash of chrome runnin with the night i lost my job a month ago so i took a small vacation i went out west to make the best of my lowdown situa tion moved in with my sister you know she works every day we don t see each other much but i guess it s just that way i ve never been no daytime guy love the neon light i m a swingin door a meteor runnin with the night i ve settled down a time or two and tried the other way but i don t know what to do with myself all day the sun goes down you give you love one last long goodnight kiss then you stay awake thinkin bout everything you miss i ve never been no daytime guy love the neon light i m a secret plan a highwayman runnin with the night i was born in the wintertime under neath a purple sky i packed my things at seventeen and i kissed my folks goodbye got no complaints no regrets i got no grand de sign i ll ride the horse that brought me here till i cross that finish line i ve never been no daytime guy love the neon light i m an amber eye a coyote s cry runnin with the night i m a wall of fire an angel choir runnin with the night with the night with the night with the night 