The sky is slowly growing dark
As day comes to its end,
And in the constant monsoon rain
The night crews' day begins.

The raindrops falling on the hooch
Make such a mournful sound,
Twas on a rainy night like this
My roomie, he went down.
My roomie, he went down.
 
We headed north that dismal night,
We had our route down pat.
We flew the road up to Mi Le
Then west to check out Bat.

I heard him call a target out,
A light down on the shore.
I heard him say he's rolling in
Then I didn't hear no more,
I didn't hear no more.
 
I can't help thinking of that night,
And tonight I'll go again.
At eight o'clock I'll brief the flight,
And our takeoff time is ten.
 
I try to write a letter home,
But I just can't seem to start,
And the only sound I hear is rain
And the beating of my heart,
The beating of my heart.
 
And in the darkness of my mind
I see my baby's face,
But it quickly fades to trucks and flak
And that God-forsaken place.

 Alone within my lonely room
My heart is filled with fright.
The sun may shine tomorrow
But it's Tally-Ho tonight,
It's Tally-Ho tonight.
 
There's a place God overlooked
When He said, "Let there be light."
For the bowels of hell can't be so dark
As Tally-Ho at night.

 
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Toby Hughs