By The End Of The Night

I went straight to the sea

The blind old fool that I am

Her face was stricken in me

Looking right where I am

She said what a beautiful life

Bedding on a grassy rim

Staring at the stars all night

'Til she is a part of them

Her wanting to be free

That's more than I could fight

She wouldn't matter to me

There by the end of the night

The T and T Railroad, you know

It's taken many alive

The meanest of the iron roads

Took her off in the night

But I want to be free

But a headlight eye is bright

The metal'll be the last I see

There by the end of the night

I went straight to the sea

The blind old fool that I am

Her face was stricken in me

Looking right where I am

She said what a beautiful life

Bedding on a grassy rim

Staring at the stars all night

'Til she is a part of them

Her wanting to be free

That's more than I could fight

She wouldn't matter to me

There by the end of the night

Yeah, she wouldn't matter to me

There by the end of the night