Matraca Berg - Calico Plains Lyrics
(matraca berg/mike noble)Sweet abilena looked out at the midwestern skySweet seventeen with a far away look in her eyes.She said I feel like a bird in a cage,But come september Im flying away.I said Ill miss you, then I made her promise to writeSince we were tall as the corn in the springWe shared every secret, shared every dreamSo anxious to grow in the new summer rainAnd bloom like a rose on the calico plainsHow could she hear as we laughed on that long summer nightThe tiny heart of the baby she carried insideI stood beside her when september cameWatched her get married, then caught the bouquetAnd like those hand-me-down dresses she gave meI made her dreams mine>from a seat by the window on wings made of steelI stared at the patchwork over the fieldsWhere young tears that once flowed like warm summer rainWere turning to snow on the calico plainsSweet abilena looks out at the midwestern skyCloser to thirty, but farther away in her eyesShe holds her babies like she holds her dreamsEach night she kisses and rocks them to sleepWhile she reads the letters she makes me promise to writeSweet abilena looks out at the midwestern sky
