Cold Night

It's a cold night And it calls for cigarettes It calls for whiskey drinks And it calls for no regrets It's gonna be a night where all the girls Don't know who they're up against And all those rational weekend warriors Have all gone off to bed. And I need a long night Like I need a rope around my neck. I'll be swinging from the rafters Before it all comes to an end. Even though I'll count it as a loss A loss is better than no bet But I'll always be a betting man Even when they stack the deck. It's a cold night And I should take care of myself But not until I hit the bottom Do I worry about my health I can be burning like a flame While I am chilled down to the bone. I'll be soaring high above the rooftops While I am sinking like a stone And I need a long night I need to get this off my chest. It's not for picking up the pieces It's for throwing out the rest Tonight we've got a point to prove We're not too old for this just yet And what's the point of being a better man If you can never be the best I was a cold night I thought I's never see the dawn Now my skin's a suit of iron To protect a soul that's made of stone. But my heart still pounds a war drum rhythm As it rattles in my chest And I'm standing on the front lines Watching the sun rise overhead. And I needed last night And I may need it again tonight I'm a solitary warrior In the solitary fight of his life. I'll see you in the morning And I'll have stories to tell These night may be the stuff of legends So let's make legends of ourselves.