(Nanci Griffith, James Hooker & Danny Flowers)
Gulf Coast Highway
He worked the rails
He worked the rice fields
With their cool dark wells
He worked the oil rigs in the
Gulf of Mexico
The only thing we've ever owned
Is this old house here by the road
And when he dies he says he'll catch
Some blackbird's wing
Then he will fly away to Heaven come
Some sweet blue bonnet spring

She walked through springtime
When I was home
The days were sweet
The nights were warm
The seasons change, the jobs would
Come... the flowers fade
This old house felt so alone
When the work took me away

Sing with the song of Nanci Griffith, Gulf Coast Highway lyrics!

And when she dies she says, she'll
Catch some blackbirds wing
Then she will fly away to Heaven come
Some sweet blue bonnet spring

Highway 90
The jobs are gone
We tend our garden
We set the sun
This is the only place on earth
Blue bonnets grow
Once a year they come and go
At this old house here by the road
And when we die we say, we'll
Catch some blackbirds wing
Then we will fly away to Heaven come
Some sweet blue bonnet spring

And when we die we say, we'll
Catch some blackbirds wing
We will fly away together come
Some sweet blue bonnet spring

nanci griffith

Artist Information

Albums / OSTs:
blue roses from the moons
clock without hands
fahrenheit 9/11
flyer
hearts in mind
late night grande hotel
little love affairs
lone star state of mind
once in a very blue moon
one fair summer evening
other voices, too (a trip back to bounti
poet in my window
storms
the dust bowl symphony [with the london
the last of the true believers
there's a light beyond these woods
winter marquee

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