Some old hotel room in Memphis   I see the city through the rain   I'm just chasing me my time   And remembering some pain   See there once was a boy   And on the street he'd surely die   So the nightbird took him in    And she taught him how to fly   See the nightbird softly fly Why does she fly alone? Is the moonlight just a flame for her memory? Now she's gone        Two bit bars and honky tonks   Any pleasure can be found   You can get just what you want   If you lay your money down   And loney sailors do their drinking   My my my how the brave men do die   And the nightbird sells her pleasures   Bringing tears to my eyes   See the nightbird softly fly Why does she fly alone? Is the moonlight just a flame for her memory? Now she's gone        So I guess I'll go out walking   Lord let the rain keep falling down   I guess I'll go chase some memories   On the dark side of town   See the nightbird softly fly Why does she fly alone? Is the moonlight just a flame for her memory? Now she's gone