Midnight at a liquor store in texas Closing time, another day is done 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 That he lets the old man run out in the street Even though he knows they'll come with blazing Already he can feel that great relief Oh, how many travelers get wear-y Bearing both their burdens and their scars? Don't you think they'd love to start all over? Fly like eagles out among the stars He pictures the arrival of the cruisers He sees that old familiar anger in their eyes He knows that when they're shooting at this loser They'll aim at the demons in their lives Oh, how many travelers get wear-y Bearing both their burdens and their scars? Don't you think they'd love to start all over? Fly like eagles out among the stars Evening news it carries all the details He dies in every living room in town In his own a bottle's thrown in anger And his father cries we'll never live this down Oh how many travelers get wear-y Bearing both their burdens and then their scars? Don't you think they'd love to start all over? And fly like eagles out among the stars Oh how many travelers get wear-y Bearing both their burdens and their scars? Don't you think they'd love to start all over? And fly like eagles out among the stars