Hot air hangs like a dead man   From a wide oak tree   People sitting on porches   Thinking how things used to be   Dark Night, it's a dark night   Dark Night, it's a dark night      The neighbourhood was changing   Strangers movin' in   A new boy fell for a local girl   When she made eyes with him   She was young and pretty   No stranger to other men   But who knows we're being locked at night   The old lines drawn again   I thought these things didn't happen anymore   I thought all that blood had been shed long ago   Dark Night, it's a dark night      He took a two-piece outfit   He pledged his love to her   They thought it was their secret   But someone knew where they were   I hear Hell was so close   He asked about her dreams   When a bullet from a passing car   Made the young girl scream      I thought these things didn't happen anymore   I thought all that blood had been shed long ago   Dark Night, it's a dark night   Dark Night, it's a dark night