Listen To The Radio Lyrics - Singles - Kathy Mattea

(Nanci Griffith) 

I am leaving Mississippi in the evening rain 

Well those Delta towns wear satin gowns 

In a high beamed frame 

Loretta Lynn guides my hands through the radio 

Where would I be in times like these 

Without the songs Loretta wrote? 

'Cause when you can't find a friend 

You've still got the radio 

And when you can't find a friend 

You've still got the radio 

The radio...listen to the radio 

The radio 

I left a handsome two-stepping good ole boy in Tennessee 

Now, he's sittin' on the sofa, he's lookin' for his supper, 

Wonderin' what's become of me 

I've got a double-0-eighteen Martin guitar in the back seat of the car 

And, I am leaving Mississippi... 

With the radio on 

'Cause when you can't find a friend 

You've still got the radio 

And when you can't find a friend 

You've still got the radio 

The radio...listen to the radio 

The radio 

There's a moon across the border in the Louisiana sky 

I smell the pontchartrain, I hear silver wings 

And then, away Merle Haggard flies 

That good ole boy will find a band of gold 

On the stereo 

Hey, then my mama's gonna call and say, "Where's she gone?" 

He'll say, "Down the road with the radio on." 

'Cause when you can't find a friend 

You've still got the radio 

And when you can't find a friend 

You've still got the radio 

The radio...listen to the radio 

The radio