Abilene lyrics
Song information
Artist: Dave Alvin Album: Blackjack David
Lyrics
Dave alvin (Blue horn toad music, bmi, administered by bug music)
There's a greyhound bus Leavin' the great northwest Takin' her tonight Back down south to texas She's been dancing' on tables To pay rent and be able To just get by and maybe stay clean
Abilene, abilene Abilene, abilene
Well her daddy'd get drunk Then he'd hit her hard And her mama'd lie in bed High on pills and talkin' to god But like her beautiful tattoos These old memories she can't lose Since she ran away at fifteen
Abilene, abilene There's a town ahead that you've never seen Maybe it's better if you get off there and try to Forget everything Abilene
Starin' out the window At the long cold night Ahead on the horizon Is another string of bright lights She's dreamin' of a man she's goin' to meet In a bar on an austin street Maybe this one won't be so mean
Abilene, abilene There's a town ahead that you've never seen And maybe it's better if you get off there and try to Forget everything Abilene
In a texas bar there's a man sittin' alone Thinkin' of a girl he swore he'd wait there for But he's drinkin' beers and he's feelin' old Rememberin' every lie he's told 'Til he changes his mind and he leaves
Abilene, abilene There's a town ahead that you've never seen Maybe it's better if you get off there and try to Forget everything Abilene, abilene Oh abilene, abilene
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
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