Back Side Of Dallas Lyrics - Singles - Jeannie C. Riley

On the back side of Dallas, in the dingy bar 

On a wornout stool she sits 

And her trembling hand thumbles for another 

Kingsize filter cigarette 

She blows a puff of smoke then settles back 

And look across that light blue haze 

And from the back side of Dallas her mind goes 

Driftin' back to other days 

Meet me in Dallas on June, the 23rd, his letter read 

On the greyhound of this big town she 

Came to be with him just like he said 

Then suddenly he left her for reasons 

That she still don't understand 

And on the back side of Dallas 

A girl must turn her way as best as she can 

It's a long way to Dallas for a small town girl 

From the middle of Tennessee 

A tenth grade education won't get you 

No kinda job here in big D hunger pains 

And prides are things that just don't go hand in hand 

For long 

And on the back side of Dallas 

A hungry small town girl can't find a home 

On the back side of Dallas nervously she takes another pill 

On the back side of Dallas tonight like other nights 

She drinks her fill 

She pays the man behind the bar 

And leave the change for twenty dollar 

Bill If you're ever feelin' lonesome, man 

You want to find someone who feels the same 

She's on the back side of Dallas 

Where every taxi driver knows her name 

She's on the back side of Dallas where 

Every taxi driver knows her name