Telephone Road Lyrics - Houston Kid - Rodney Crowell

Rain came down in endless sheets of thunder 

Lightning bolts split pine trees down to the roots 

In the shadow of the Astrodome 

With a hurricane coming on strong 

We used to hit the streets and go swimming in our birthday suits 

Skiing in a bar ditch behind a moped 

13 stitches on the corner of a sardine can 

We were dirt poor Houston kids 

Our whole family living on the skids 

But we always had a nickel for the coming of the ice cream man 

Mosquito truck blowing up DDT 

Barefoot heathens running wild and free 

Air raid buzzer at a noon-day scream 

Living in a dream 

On Telephone Road 

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I used to love them cherry Cokes down at the Prince's Drive-In 

and the cheeseburgers tasted so good I like to come untied 

There's a Chinaberry tree I remember 

I used to climb in and out of my window 

The night I left was on the day before my Grandma died 

Sawdust spread out on a dance hall floor 

Jukebox ripping at an all-out roar 

Barmaid smiling at a 10 cent tip 

Living is a trip 

On Telephone Road 

Magnolia Garden bandstand on the very front row 

Johnny Cash Carl Perkins and The Killer putting on a show 

6 years old and just barely off my daddy's knee 

When those rockabilly rebels 

Sent the Devil running right through me 

Photos 

A drive-in movie in the trunk of my car 

One-eyed sailor in an ice house bar 

Spit-shine Charlie and ol' Peg-leg Bill 

Are dressed up fit to kill 

On Telephone Road 

Telephone Road, Telephone Road 

Brabecue and beer on ice 

A salty watermelon slice 

At the Little Taste of Paradise 

On Telephone Road