Over by the wildwood
Hot summer night
We lay in the tall grass

'Til the mornin' light

If I had my way I'd never

Get the urge to roam
A young man serves his country
And an old man guards the home


Never gave a second thought
Never crossed my mind

What's right and what's not
I'm not the judgin' kind
I could take the darkness oh

Storms in the skies
But we all got certain trials
Burnin' up inside


Don't send me no distant salutations
Or silly souvenirs from far away

Don't leave me alone in the twilight
Twilight is the loneliest time a day


Don't put me in a frame upon the mantel
'Fore memories turn dusty old and grey
Don't leave me alone in the twilight

Twilight is the loneliest time a day