If It Takes All Night

If it takes all night
From up in Calais, oh, oh

If it takes all night
If it takes all night
Well, it suits me fine
We heard some other fellers talkin'

I got to go and see my baby
It’s got the same old dirt
But still sometimes the money's right

How many days and weeks?
If it takes all night
If it takes all night

If it takes all night
If it takes all night
Every day of the week

Every day of the week
If it takes all night

If it takes all night
If it takes all night
Tonight the radio is rockin'

If it takes all night
If it takes all night
Night, if it takes all night
In downtown Marseilles
He said, “We're gonna make El Paso”

If it takes all night

Every day of the week
I lost my favorite cook

If it takes all night
I think, it's gonna be a good fight
If it takes all night

Some got to go and see their mama
If it takes all night
How many days and weeks?
If it takes all night

If it takes all night
He left little Siam
If it takes all night
If it takes all night
If it takes all night
I saw the ghost of Johnny Horton
He said, “Here I am, oh, oh”
If it takes all night
If it takes all night
If it takes all night
If it takes all night
For many years I looked
If it takes all night
I'm gonna hear my favorite song
If it takes all night
When next I sleep, I'll be with her

I say, truck stop livin'
Some got to play a show tonight
Every day of the week
I'm gonna wash my favorite shirt

Now every job it is important