Intro: verse 1 The great escape might just be killing me girls that I used to chase are turning the ghosts on me verse 2 So I sleep all day in the heat of this devil town and dream that I'm climbing trees after the sun goes down I don't know how my dreams slipped out of sight but I do know why old men cry at night yeah yeah yeah verse 3 A thrill's a thrill but the gamblers run out of need I lost all my good friends in Eden's alley verse 4 And when the lights come on these big wheels keep rolling taking me to the star on the wings of an old song I don't know why my dreams slipped out of sight but I do know why old men cry at night yeah yeah yeah Outro why old men cry at night yeah yeah yeah