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When I Go Out at Night

from Heroes and Sparrows by Kevin Brown

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I first recorded this song on my album The Beloved Country. That version was a full-on honky tonk country version. This version is more old-timey, and closer to how I original wrote it. It was a delight to play and record this with Ben Winship, Natalie Padilla and Eric Thorin.

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When I go out at night, I don’t mean to do no wrong
But the nightlife it just calls to me
And I’ve got to go along
I slowly close the door
Try not to wake my wife
They’re all asleep and no one knows
When I go out at night

When I go out at night, it’s a kind o’ restlessness
Something still within me from those
Wilder days I guess
And she’s waiting for me in the shadows
Past the back porch light
My old dog just runs around
When I go out at night.

When I go out at night, I’m a dancing drunken fool
I’m wearing my old cowboy hat
I must look pretty cool
Alone there in my backyard
No one to see the sight
Just drinking up that midnight sky
When I go out at night

They say the night life ain’t no good life
For a home-lovin’ man
But I guess that that just depends
On where it is you stand

Cuz when I go out at night, and I stand beneath the stars
There ain’t no jukebox playing
And there ain’t no broken hearts
But there’s wood smoke on the wind tonight
And that moon is such a sight
All wrapped up in that midnight sky
When I go out at night.
Yeah there’s wood smoke on the wind tonight
And that moon is such a sight
Excuse me while I kiss the sky
When I go out at night.

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from Heroes and Sparrows, released September 9, 2019

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Kevin Brown Spokane, Washington

Singer-songwriter Kevin Brown makes his home in rural Northeastern Washington state, not too far from the farms where two sets of great-grandparents settled a century ago. The rich natural surroundings serve as a metaphor for exploring the landscapes of the heart and soul -- faith, family, love, the passage of time, and the interwoven fabric of earth and humanity. ... more

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