Dead of Night

Daddy sittin' in a chair by the door He said it's a might cold ain't we been over this before But I stepped out and started into the night And I heard his voice call out "I hope you heard me right." To make money some put on a suit But you know there's always some soul that gets tempted by the fruit Workin' the corner or burnin' rubber at the light We're out here makin' money in the dead of Tryna' make a few dollars in the dead of night Tryna' make a few dollars in the dead of night We're workin' Overtime Well looks like one day we'll pay 'Til then we run through the dead of Mary Jane puttin' up her hair Standin on a corner in the cold night air That's when she saw the flashing red and blue And an officer asked, "What'chu gunna do?" As a young kid I went and grabbed the keys Hit a hundred and ten, and won the race with ease Countin' the money as the time went past That's when I heard a cop say, "Goddam you're fast!" Mary Jane and I went down to the court They said we could take the 20 years as a last resort But when we stepped up to the judge full of dread He asked us what we're doin' and this is what we said: We're tryna' make a few dollars in the dead of night Tryna' make a few dollars in the dead of night We're workin' Overtime Well, looks like today we pay That's what we get for tryna' run through the dead of night We're growin' on the Grape Vine We're growin' on the Grape Vine We're growin' on the Grape Vine We're growin' on the Grape Vine We're growin' on the Grape Vine We're growin' on the Grape Vine We're growin' on the Grape Vine We're growin' on the Grape Vine We're growin' on the Grape Vine We're growin' on the Grape Vine We're growin' on the Grape Vine Yeah-ah-aah Daddy said don't go runnin' in the dead of night He said don't go runnin' in the dead of night Daddy said don't go, don't go, no One day, I say, you'll pay Although it might not be today You know what you're doin' just ain't right So don't go runnin' through the dead of night