Interpret:

Tom Petty

Album:

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Well, it was dark at midnight
 There was hardly any moon
 And no one really saw much
 No one was really sure


 But something didn't seem right
 Something seemed kinda queer
 The roar turned into whispers
 Everyone stood there


 When the sounds fit the night
 Like it hiding from the light
 Like strangers in the night
 Strangers in the night


 Well, I didn't see those shotguns
 And I didn't see no knife
 But I saw this crazy black guy
 With a demon in his eyes


 And I heard him say, "White man"
 I've seen that silver cue
 You don't remember me well
 But I remember you


 When the sounds fit the night
 Like it hiding from the light
 Like strangers in the night
 Strangers in the night


 Well, the knife just left his fingers
 As the black guy took his aim
 White guy's head exploded
 My God, how he pained


 And then everybody scattered
 I heard some woman scream
 "God damn you old black bastard
 Well, you've blown away my dreams"


 When the sound just fits the night
 Like it hiding from the light
 Like strangers in the night
 Strangers in the night
 Strangers in the night
 Strangers in the night