Well, I left my home out on the Great High Plains. Headed for some new terrain. Standin' on the highway with my coffee cup. A wonderin' who was gonna pick me up.
With a dozen roses in his gun rack. Junior pulled up into her side lot. He carried them up to the front porch. And hollered, "Wanda, look at what I got!".
They were farm kids way down in Dixie. Met in high school in the sixties. Everyone knew it was love from the start. . One July in the midnight hour. He climbed upon the water tower.
You sure look fine tonight, in the beer sign light. Why did you seem surprised when I saw through your disguise. All your friends were there, no one had a care.
Falling down the stair, gave me quiet a scare. Turned around to see if anybody saw. But no one's there 'cause you're not here. So no one cares and no one's waiting.
Leaving California, she is on my mind. I left her back in Travis county, cryin' to a clothesline. A steel guitar on the radio is cuttin' slow and mean.
Downtown, stoplight, red car rolls by, what else can I do. But wonder if it's you. Scanning the stations, every song they're playin' is like a soundtrack.
There's something wrong, Lord I'm feeling it too. That runs through my heart like a torch cuts through steel. You haven't said a word, are you feeling it too.
I thought that life was runnin' off, leavin' me behind. So like a fool I jumped the fence just to see what I could find. But love kept disappearing like children chasing fire flies in the dark.
Walkin' on the shore. Feelin' mighty bad. These have been the worst. Ol' blues I ever had. So far. Since you've gone. So far. . Clouds around my brain.
Sun stuck high in the air. Destination anywhere this road decides to go. Underneath the desert sky. I find a place to hide and rest my weary bones. This underpass will shade the heat.
Darlin', I'll pack up my clothes. Take my heart on down the road. I'll even make believe I don't love you. . Lose my mind, go insane. Turn my face to the pourin' rain.
For your love I'd rope the moon. Put it in a blender. Mix up a concoction bound to make you surrender. I'd bite the brand off a buckin' Brahma Bull. I'd rob me a gin mill.
I keep my fingernails long. So they click when I play the piano. I keep my fingernails long. So they click when I play the piano. . I'm gonna keep 'em that way.
Diablo motors had a hell of a sale, downtown yesterday. Word got around, no money down, take years and years to pay. When I got there the lot was bare, but the salesman said, "Hold on".
I'm ridin through the middle of some god forsaken town. Dark figures from the shadows, theyre tryin to cut me down. Some hero of the hour needs a rival of some kind.
Darlin', as I look at you. It reminds me of how much in love I am. Oh, I'm a lucky man. . It won't mean love that's in your eyes. Only makes me realize where I should be.
I wouldn't count the times we talked about tomorrow. I wouldn't sing the lines when someone played our song. On lonely nights like this when I need a friend.
Most of me is scared to death. As I'm holding you tonight. Should I open up my heart to you. Or should I run for my life. . I come by caution, honestly.
Yesterday you walked away and left me. Today you say youre sorry that we're through. Our love will work, we'll heal the hurt, so help me. Laying blame is the last thing I would do.