Dave Alvin - Abilene Lyrics
Dave Alvin(Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI, Administered by Bug Music)There's a greyhound busLeavin' the great NorthwestTakin' her tonightBack down south to TexasShe's been dancing' on tablesTo pay rent and be ableTo just get by and maybe stay clean.Abilene, AbileneAbilene, Abilene.Well her daddy'd get drunkThen he'd hit her hardAnd her mama'd lie in bedHigh on pills and talkin' to GodBut like her beautiful tattoosThese old memories she can't loseSince she ran away at fifteen.Abilene, AbileneThere's a town ahead that you've never seenMaybe it's better if you get off there and try toForget everythingAbilene.Starin' out the windowAt the long cold nightAhead on the horizonIs another string of bright lightsShe's dreamin' of a man she's goin' to meetIn a bar on an Austin streetMaybe this one won't be so mean.Abilene, AbileneThere's a town ahead that you've never seenAnd maybe it's better if you get off there and try toForget everythingAbilene.In a Texas bar there's a man sittin' aloneThinkin' of a girl he swore he'd wait there forBut he's drinkin' beers and he's feelin' oldRememberin' every lie he's toldTil he changes his mind and he leaves.Abilene, AbileneThere's a town ahead that you've never seenMaybe it's better if you get off there and try toForget everythingAbilene, AbileneOh Abilene, Abilene.
