Lyrics and music by Widespread Panic
Transcribed by Alex Moura
Came down from West Baton Rouge with a cross around her neck
Hailing Maries at the station threw a cigarette
Eating a sandwich from a paper bag drinking from a spotted glass
Whatever money is in her pocket wasn't meant to last
I saw you in the dark bar, same old lines
Do you gotta get out, or do you gotta ride
I had a dream in Phoenix got up and floated out of bed
Dancing with the aliens just like we were little kids
Flying through the night sky away from the city nights
Shooting stars and fireflies in and out of sight
Saw you in the dark bar, same old lines
Do you gotta get out, or do you gotta ride
I dreamed I was flying in the moonshine a floating spirit in the sky
The silhouettes in the faces, the good people in my life
I got thumbtacks on my roadmap to remember where I've been
And maybe it was Utah
Saw you in the dark bar, same old lines
Do you gotta get out, or do you gotta ride
Saw you in the dark bar, same old lines
Do you gotta get out, or do you gotta ride
[Original Version]
The body carried out the door had a rope around his neck
Lay him on the table come on clip some line
He came on down from Baton Rouge and shot his woman dead
hanged him from the pin oak and the noon was high
I saw you in the Dark Bar, getting high
Do you wanna let it go, or do you want to die?
Had a dream in Vegas had a blindfold on my head
My last dying wish was just get me by
Ream above the scaffold had my hands behind my back
It takes one to make war and two to get it right
I saw you in the Dark Bar, doing lines
Do you want to get out, or do you want to fly?