Well early in the morning, in the goddamned afternoon,
Sunshine blinds eyes inside this cold dark lonely room
I start remembering all them things that I meant to forget
The heart's burning hot now with the coming of the midnight threat
I've been down and I've been here before
I know the calling of the night
Well won't you be my angel, won't you be my loaded gun
Take me from my pain, back to the rising sun
Ain't no need to refrain from them thoughts that's in my head
When I've been waking in the morning just praying that I was dead
I've been down in hell and I've been here before
I know the calling of the night
And it takes me like
So I look outside the window and the sun is going down
Another wasted night, it's almost time to take the town
Take one last swig out of that damn near empty bottle
And it fills the hollow heart with the spirit of desperado
I've been down in hell and I've been here before
I know the calling of the night
And it takes me like
I've been down and I've been here before
I know the calling of the night