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A wolf without its pack struggles to survive. Why do we humans think that's romantic? (Written in June 1995.)

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Don't take a look at your face in the mirror
Don't listen to your voice as you sing in the night
There's something more than restless crept into your bones
It's the spirit of the lone wolf in your heart

You'll find him on the highway driving in the night
Maybe at a truck stop with a coffee by himself
In a room full of people he's off in the woods
'Cause he's a lone wolf, a lone wolf just the same

REFRAIN:
There's a lone wolf on the loose tonight
Running wild down the trail tonight
He might slow down, he might stay for a while
But you won't see him come the morning light

Maybe it's the sound of his wheels that makes him run
He's got wings on his feet, and they don't ever tire
He travels light so the wind carries him along
Far away from the things that tie you and me down

He sits at night underneath the stars
Howling at the full moon as it rises high
Maybe there's some comfort singing in the night
'Cause you can't get him to take it from anywhere else
(REFRAIN)

Yet sometimes the wind blows and the nights get cold
And when he slows down, he can almost hear
It's a voice with a song that's almost enticing
But he's a lone wolf, a lone wolf just the same

And even if he cries himself to sleep
You know those tears will be dry when the sun rises
Just as long as he doesn't see his face in the mirror
He won't see the animal that he's become
(REFRAIN)

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from There's Gotta Be a Road, released January 20, 2001
Charlie: Guitars, vocals.

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Charlie Monterey Warren, Michigan

Singer/songwriter and guitarist from metro Detroit, Michigan. Generally mellow sort of folkish songs, relatively minimal arrangements.

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