Rainy daydreaming Take me away a thousand miles And three months and ten days So I can see the sunny sky For all my tomorrows Will be a part of our yesterdays This day I promise That I will find another way I'll do all I can To be a lucky man When a moon is up And the stars are bright If hope is a crime Lock me off tonight And throw away the key When there's room inside my cell tonight I need an alibi To free me from this burden This lonesome sleepless burden Cos everybody needs salvation But everybody wants it now As I stand here on the outside Everybody show me how Far off, a tune's played Honky-tonking out of key For how long Was it our song I'm crying at the memory But they're tears of joy I'm a lucky boy When a moon is up And the stars are bright If hope is a crime Lock me off tonight And throw away the key When there's room inside my cell tonight I need an alibi To free me from this burden This lonesome sleepless burden Cos everybody needs salvation But everybody wants it now As I stand here on the outside Everybody show me how There's room inside my cell tonight I need an alibi To free me from this burden This lonesome sleepless burden I feel the sun around the corner Yeah, a new day is dawning Cos everybody needs salvation But everybody wants it now As I stand here on the outside Everybody show me how