GULF COAST HIGHWAY                                        Nanci Griffith

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1.  Gulf coast highway he worked the rails
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    He worked the rice fields with their cool dark wells
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    He worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico
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    The only thing we've ever owned is this old house here by the road
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*   And when he dies he says he'll catch some blackbird's wing
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    And he will fly away to heaven Come some sweet bluebonnet spring

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2.  She walked through springtime when I was home
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    The days were sweet, the nights were warm
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    The seasons change, the jobs would come, the flowers fade
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    This old house still so alone When the work took me away
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*   And when she dies she says she'll catch some blackbird's wing
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    And she will fly away to heaven Come some sweet bluebonnet spring


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3.  Highway 90 the jobs are gone
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    We tend our garden; we set the sun
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    This is the only place on earth bluebonnets grow
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    And once a year they come and go At this old house here by the road
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*   And when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing
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    And we will fly away together come some sweet bluebonnet spring
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*   Yes when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing
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    And we will fly away together come some sweet bluebonnet spring

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