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I have learned the golden words, "You watch your step"
That life is made for fools, and the devil takes the rest
I know my heart is like a fire, it burns alone
I come from somewhere else where grapes of rock are grown

Call me a shot in the dark
Firing blind, firing wild
I'm a shot in the dark
No stopping me, you'll never see
Lord, I'm a shot in the dark

Now I live in other days, I take my time
I make my way down streets where no one sees the signs
Can I learn the simple truth and face the fact?
No matter where I am, I never can go back

'Cause I'm a shot in the dark
Firing blind, firing wild
I'm a shot in the dark
No stopping me, you'll never see
'Cause I'm a shot in the dark

Shot in the dark
Firing blind, I'm firing wild
Shot in the dark
No stopping me, you'll never see

Shot in the dark
Firing blind, firing wild
Shot in the dark
No stopping me, you'll never see

I'm like a shot in the dark, oh yeah
A shot in the dark
I shoot out from the black
Just like a shot in the dark, oh yeah
A shot in the dark
I shoot out from the black
I never can go back
Forever changing tracks
I'm a shot in the dark…

Written by: Mark S. Kendall, Alan G. Niven
Album: Shot in the Dark
Released: 1986