Too Many Nights Alone Song Lyrics and Chords by Bobby Bare
Too Many Nights Alone
Recorded by Bobby Bare
Written by Shel Silverstein and Even Stevens
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Midnight flights and
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barroom
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rollin' for three
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days and nights
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motel rooms have been my only
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home
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gave me these sad
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knowing
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old age lines
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before my
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time
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guess I spent too
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many nights
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alone
Denver trains and
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Taxis through the
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New York rain
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On everybody's party but my
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own
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Tellin' myself
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love could wait
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Now maybe girl you've
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come too late
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I may have spent
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too many nights
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alone
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I never let nobody any closer than my body
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And I never
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needed
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someone till
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now
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And you know I want so much to
Reach out my soul and touch you
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But I don't know
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if I know how
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midnight flights and
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barroom
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rollin' for three
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days and nights
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open roads have been my only
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home
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Learnin' ways to
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say goodbye and
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songs that only
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make me cry
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I guess I spent
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too many nights
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Too many
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nights
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alone
FAQ
Who sang the the song Too Many Nights Alone?
- The song Too Many Nights Alone was sang by Bobby Bare.
Who is Bobby Bare?
- Robert Joseph Bare Sr. (born April 7, 1935) is an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for the songs "Marie Laveau", "Detroit City" and "500 Miles Away from Home". He is the father of Bobby Bare Jr., also a musician.
