It's midnight at a liquor store in texas Closing time Another day is done When a boy walks in the door And points a pistol He can't find a job But lord he's found a gun He pulls it off with No trace of confrontation Then he lets the old man Run out in the street Even though he knows they'll Come with guns a blazing Already he can fell that great relief Oh, how many travelers get weary Bearing both their burdens And their scars Don't you think they'd love To start all over And fly like eagles Out amoung the stars? He pictures the arrival of the cruisers Sees that old familiar Anger in their eyes He knows that when They're shooting at this loser They'll be aiming at The demons in theis lives Oh, how many travelers get weary Bearing both their burdens And their scars Don't you think they'd love To start all over And fly like eagles Out amoung the stars? The evening news Carried all the details He dies in every living room in town In his own a bottle's thrown in anger And his father cries He'll never live this down Oh, how many travelers get weary Bearing both their burdens And their scars Don't you think they'd love To start all over And fly like eagles Out amoung the stars? And fly like eagles Out amoung the stars