Well, there was this movie I one time About a man riding the desert and it starred Gregory Peck He was shot down by a hungry kid trying to make a name for The townspeople to crush that kid down and string him up by the neck
Well, the marshal, now he beat that kid to a bloody As the gunfighter lay in the sun and gasped for his last breath Turn him loose, let him go, let him say he me fair and square I want him to feel it's like to every moment face his death
Well, I keep seeing this stuff and it comes a-rolling in And you know it blows right through me like a and chain You I can't believe we've lived so long and are still so far apart The memory of you keeps callin' me like a rollin' train
I can still see the day that you came to me on the painted In your busted down Ford and platform heels I could never figure out why you chose that place to meet Ah, but you were right, it was perfect as I got in behind the
Well, we that car all night into San Anton' And we slept near the Alamo, your skin was so and soft Way down in you went out to find a doctor and you never came back I would have gone on you but I didn't feel like letting my head get blown off
Well, we're this car and the sun is comin' up over the Rockies Now I know she ain't you but here and she's got that dark rhythm in her soul But I'm too over the edge and I ain't in the anymore To remember the times when I was only man And she don't want to remind me, she this car would go out of control
Brownsville girl with your curls Teeth like pearls shining like the moon Brownsville girl, me all around the world Brownsville girl, my honey love
Well, we crossed the panhandle and then we towards Amarillo We up where Henry Porter used to live He owned a lot outside of town about a mile Ruby was in the hanging clothes, she had her red hair tied back She saw us come up in a trail of dust She said, Henry ain't here but you can come on in, he'll be back in a little
Then she told us how times were and about how she was thinkin' of a ride back to where she started But she changed the subject every time came up She said, welcome to the land of the living You could tell she was so She said, even the swap around here are getting pretty corrupt
How far are y'all going, Ruby us with a sigh We're all the way 'til the wheels fall off and burn 'Til the sun peels the paint and the seat covers fade and the water dies Ruby just smiled and said, ah, you know some babies learn
Something about that movie though, well I can't get it out of my head But I can't remember why I was in it or what I was supposed to play All I remember about it was Gregory Peck and the way moved And a lot of them to be lookin' my way
Brownsville with your Brownsville curls Teeth like pearls shining like the above Brownsville girl, show me all the world Brownsville girl, you're my love
Well, they were for somebody with a pompadour I was crossin' the street when rang out I didn't know whether to or to run, so I ran We got him cornered in the churchyard, I somebody shout
Well, you saw my picture in the Corpus Christi Underneath it, it said, a man no alibi You went out on a limb to testify for me, you said I was you Then when I saw you break down in front of the judge and cry tears It was the best acting I saw do
Now always been the kind of person that doesn't like to trespass But sometimes you just find over the line Oh if there's an original thought out there, I use it right now You know, I feel pretty good, but ain't sayin' much I could a whole lot better If you just here by my side to show me how
Well, I'm standin' in line in the rain to see a movie starring Peck Yeah, but you know it's not the one I had in mind He's got a new one out now, I don't even know what about But I'll see him in so I'll stand in line
Brownsville girl with your Brownsville Teeth pearls shining like the moon above Brownsville girl, show me all around the Brownsville girl, you're my honey
You know, it's funny how things never out the way you had 'em planned The thing we knew for sure about Henry Porter Is that his name wasn't Porter And you know there was somethin' you baby That I liked that was always too for this world like you always said there was something about me you liked That I behind in the French Quarter
Strange how people who suffer have stronger connections Than who are most content I don't have any regrets, they can talk about me when I'm gone You always said people don't do what they in They do what's most convenient, then they repent And I always said, hang on to me, baby, and let's hope that the roof on
There was a movie I one time, I think I sat through it twice I remember who I was or where I was bound All I remember about it was it starred Gregory He a gun and he was shot in the back Seems like a long time ago, long before the stars were down
Brownsville with your Brownsville curls Teeth like pearls shining like the above Brownsville girl, me all around the world girl, you're my honey love
Brownsville girl with your Brownsville Teeth like pearls shining the moon above girl, show me all around the world Brownsville girl, my honey love
girl with your Brownsville curls Teeth like pearls shining the moon above