Night on North Pottenger Lyrics

It was early in the morning when the officers broke into the yard

They yelled IDs and Outside these fellas they were acting pretty hard

There was no mistake they found the place the little house to blame for all the noise complaints

They lined us up and had the chat then the big man asked who owns this place

I froze like a deer in the headlights

I was afraid at the time

I was nineteen years old and I was pretty far gone

It was a routine Friday night

There was no point to try and deny it

The circumstances spoke for themselves

I laced my shoes and I tightened my belt

The four of us stepped forward preparing to honor our charge

I told him we were renters we didn't own a damn thing but our cars

He studied my license and shot a gaze at the bottle in my hand

He said you're playing with fire boy you're not even old enough to be dubbed a man

Then I caught a strange look in his eye

And he cracked an empathetical smile

He said I too threw 'em down back in my day son

But those days have been gone for a while

I'm glad to see the torch is still burning

But you're glowing red from the heat

Go inside and try to get some sleep

Go inside and try to get some sleep

We counted inventory they hadn't taken any liquor or weed

That's gold to some college kids the only entertainment we'd need

Can't you see us on the cover of jailbirds now criminals with criminal records

We found salvation between the fingers of a few fine strangers

There was light in a kind heart that hadn't yet been torn apart by the ways of this place

Damn the darkness keep it at bay

May God damn the darkness and keep it at bay