Allen Reynolds - The Night Will Only Know lyrics

[Verse 1] That night will live forever, their first time to lie together They were finally where desire dared them to go Both belonging to another, but longing to be lovers Promising each other that the night will only know [Verse 2] Parked on some old backstreet, they laid down in the backseat And fell into the fire down below But they would pay for their deceiving, for a deadly web was weaving Why they picked that spot that evening, Lord, the night will only know [Verse 3] Well within the innuendos, just outside the steamy windows The night was shattered by a woman's scream Motionless and frightened, the grip of fate had tightened And with trembling hands they wiped away the steam [Verse 4] They saw a woman pleading, stumbling, begging, and retreating Till she became the victim of her foe And they watched her fall in silence, to save their own alliance But the reason for the violence, just the night will only know [Verse 5] And every paper ran the story, she was stripped of all her glory And they told exactly how the woman died Abandoned and forsaken, too many pills were taken And they ruled the woman's d**h a suicide [Verse 6] Bound by their behavior, they could have been her savior Now guilt becomes an endless debt they owe But another crime was committed, and it's never been admitted Have the guilty been acquitted, Lord, the night will only know