Living for the Night

Album: Twang (2009)
Charted: 53
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  • Everyday is a lifetime without you
    Hard to get through, since you've been gone
    So I do the only thing I know how to, to get by
    I'm living for the night

    I've drawn all the curtains in this old house
    To keep the sun out and off my face
    Friends stop by to check-in 'cause I've checked out
    I tell them I'm fine, I'm living for the night

    I can't hide the tears I cry, the pain that came with your goodbyes
    The memories that keep me out of sight
    Every night I venture out, into those neon arms that hold me tight
    I'm living for the night

    I'm a whole lot easier to talk to,
    When I've had a few, I settle down
    Whiskey kills the man you've turned me into
    And I come alive
    I'm living for the night

    Daylight can't hide the tears I cried, the pain that came with your goodbyes
    The memories that keep me out of sight
    Every night I venture out, into those neon arms that hold me tight
    I'm living for the night
    I'm living for the night

    Everyday is a lifetime without you Writer/s: BUBBA STRAIT, DEAN DILLON, GEORGE STRAIT
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Cassie from Phoenix, AzThis was Bubba's first song. It was George's first original since 1982's "I Can't See Texas From Here".
  • Garrett from Phenix City, AlGeorge Strait wrote this song with his son, Bubba.( George Strait, Jr. This was the first song he's written.
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