Well, there was this I seen one time About a man riding the desert and it starred Gregory Peck He was down by a hungry kid trying to make a name for himself The townspeople wanted to crush that kid down and string him up by the
Well, the marshal, now he beat that kid to a pulp As the dying gunfighter lay in the sun and gasped for his last him loose, let him go, let him say he outdrew 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 just comes in And you know it blows right through me like a and chain You know I can't believe we've lived so long and are still so far The memory of you keeps callin' after me like a rollin'
I can see the day that you came to me on the painted desert In your busted Ford and your platform heels I could never out why you chose that particular place to meet Ah, but you were right, it was as I got in behind the wheel
Well, we that car all night into San Anton' And we slept near the Alamo, skin was so tender and soft Way down in Mexico you out to find a doctor and you never came back I would have on after you but I didn't feel like letting my head get blown off
Well, we're drivin' car and the sun is comin' up over the Rockies Now I know she ain't you but she's here and got that dark rhythm in her soul But I'm too over the edge and I ain't in the mood To remember the times I was your only man And she don't want to remind me, she knows this car would go out of
Brownsville girl your Brownsville curls Teeth like pearls shining the moon above Brownsville girl, me all around the world Brownsville girl, you're my love
Well, we crossed the panhandle and then we headed Amarillo We pulled up where Henry used to live He owned a wreckin' lot outside of about a mile Ruby was in the hanging clothes, she had her red hair tied back She saw us come rolling up in a of dust She said, Henry ain't here but you can come on in, be back in a little while
Then she told us how times were and about how she was thinkin' of Bummin' a ride back to where she But she changed the subject every money came up She said, welcome to the land of the dead You could tell she was so She said, even the swap meets around here are pretty corrupt
How far are y'all going, Ruby us with a sigh We're going all the way 'til the fall off and burn 'Til the sun the paint and the seat covers fade and the water moccasin dies Ruby just and said, ah, you know some babies never learn
Something about that movie though, well I just can't get it out of my But I can't remember why I was in it or what part I was to play All I remember about it was Gregory and the way people moved And a lot of them to be lookin' my way
Brownsville girl with your curls Teeth pearls shining like the moon above Brownsville girl, show me all around the girl, you're my honey love
Well, they were looking for with a pompadour I was the street when shots rang out I didn't whether to duck or to run, so I ran We got him cornered in the churchyard, I heard shout
Well, you saw my picture in the Corpus Tribune Underneath it, it said, a man no alibi You out on a limb to testify for me, you said I was with you when I saw you break down in front of the judge and cry real tears It was the acting I saw anybody do
Now I've always been the kind of person that doesn't like to But sometimes you just yourself over the line Oh if there's an original out there, I could use it right now You know, I feel pretty good, but ain't sayin' much I feel a whole lot better If you were here by my side to show me how
Well, I'm standin' in line in the rain to see a movie Gregory Peck Yeah, but you know it's not the one I had in mind He's got a new one out now, I even know what it's about But I'll see him in anything so I'll stand in
Brownsville girl with Brownsville curls like pearls shining like the moon above Brownsville girl, show me all the world Brownsville girl, you're my love
You know, it's funny how never turn out the way you had 'em planned The only thing we knew for sure Henry Porter Is that his name Henry Porter And you know there was about you baby I liked that was always too good for this world Just like you always said was something about me you liked That I left in the French Quarter
Strange how people who suffer together have stronger 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 believe in They just do what's most convenient, they repent And I always said, hang on to me, baby, and let's hope that the stays on
was a movie I seen one time, I think I sat through it twice I don't remember who I was or I was bound All I remember it was it starred Gregory Peck He a gun and he was shot in the back Seems like a long time ago, long before the stars were torn
Brownsville with your Brownsville curls Teeth like pearls shining like the moon Brownsville girl, me all around the world Brownsville girl, you're my honey
Brownsville girl your Brownsville curls Teeth like shining like the moon above Brownsville girl, show me all around the Brownsville girl, you're my love
Brownsville with your Brownsville curls Teeth like pearls like the moon above