Before the Night Becomes the Dawn

Before the night becomes the dawn

I'll be beside my only one

Baby knows that when it's dark I'm gone

But I'll be back before the night becomes the dawn

I travel up the road with songs to sing

And baby waits at home and wears my ring

She knows that I'll be back just when I can

Baby says she's glad that I'm her man

She understands just why I've got to go

Though she says there's times she'll miss me so

So I don't have extra time to hang around

Cause I know that she's at home in another town

So before the night becomes the dawn

I'll be beside my only one

Baby knows that when it's dark I'm gone

But I'll be back before the night becomes the dawn

You can make friends out of strangers anywhere

And in any place you can find someone who'll care

A hundred things to do and places you can see

But I'm thinking 'bout that girl that waits for me

You can't make yourself at home in some motel

So when I call to say if things went well

She asks if I'll stay out of town tonight

And I tell her I'll be there by morning light

So before the night becomes the dawn

I'll be beside my only one

Baby knows that when it's dark I'm gone

But I'll be back before the night becomes the dawn

By the time the sun has made its trip around

In that bayou city I'll be found

As the shining sun reflects across the sea

In her loving arms is where I'm bound to be

So before the night becomes the dawn

I'll be beside my only one

Baby knows that when it's dark I'm gone

But I'll be back before the night becomes the dawn