Sweet Sundown

How did you compete
With such a tragic week
How on earth did you know what to say

And could you taste those tears
On my tremblin' lips
When you kissed my blues away

Our time was short
But the days were long
I was tired but never too tired for you

What a dragged away goodbye
To your birthday girl
When you can't afford the tickets for two

And when the sundown
Somethin' up against an autumn sky
Now sundown is nothing I would ever recognize

Sittin' on the docks late one evening
Who could miss such a beautiful view
Sweet sundown, I have nothing but love for you

Once the Howard lakes have frozen
And the bats go back to Mexico

The backstreets are more than poison
One each to someone you used to know

The canyons were grand
But I just couldn't stand
A regret for a rendez' affair

And once that moon went down
On your Texas town
It was too late to pretend you cared

And when the sundown
Somethin' up against an autumn sky
Now sundown is nothing I would ever recognize

Sittin' on the docks late one evening
Who could miss such a beautiful view
Sweet sundown, I have nothing but love for you

And when the sundown
Somethin' up against an autumn sky
Now sundown is nothing I would ever recognize

Sittin' on the docks late one evening
Who could miss such a beautiful view
Sweet sundown, I have nothing but love for you

Oh, sweet sundown, I have nothing but love for you