From the recording Lightning In The Dark
A song about love across borders set against a search where the you need to be sure exactly what it is you are seeking.
Lyrics
No One Knows The Night
They made a road out of a river bed
Snaked up the spine of Mexico
A wounded trail where los hermanos bled
Past candles that died long ago
The air was dry as Deuteronomy
Even our whispers turned to dust
The bond of silence was you and me
And tomorrow’s tomorrow was us
No one knows the night, no one knows the night
No one knows the night we spend apart
No one knows the night, no one knows the night
No one knows the night but a lonely heart
They watch for lights below the timber line
And listen out for moonless sounds
Dark as remembering Ramona wine
Drunk with her in many border towns
Where she was warm as he was cold tonight
El lobo howled into the wolf
Lying alone, soft in her sacred rite
El Corazon captures the truth
That no one knows the night...
They lit a candle to Saint Angeline
In hopes the pain would disappear
And prayed this dirt road altar light be seen
He closed his eyes and she was near
The stars and her were in propinquity
The breath of night was smoke and pine
Caressing all those secret memories
He tasted her in dry Ramona wine
No one knows the night...
No one knows the night…
No one knows the night we spend alone
No one knows the night…
No one knows the night but el Corazon
© No One Knows The Night music by Tom Fairnie; words by Tom Fairnie and Bob Shields 4th December 2011