Abilene Lyrics - Blackjack David - Dave Alvin

Dave Alvin 

(Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI, Administered by Bug Music) 

There's a greyhound bus 

Leavin' the great Northwest 

Takin' her tonight 

Back down south to Texas 

She's been dancing' on tables 

To pay rent and be able 

To just get by and maybe stay clean. 

Abilene, Abilene 

Abilene, Abilene. 

Well her daddy'd get drunk 

Then he'd hit her hard 

And her mama'd lie in bed 

High on pills and talkin' to God 

But like her beautiful tattoos 

These old memories she can't lose 

Since she ran away at fifteen. 

Abilene, Abilene 

There's a town ahead that you've never seen 

Maybe it's better if you get off there and try to 

Forget everything 

Abilene. 

Starin' out the window 

At the long cold night 

Ahead on the horizon 

Is another string of bright lights 

She's dreamin' of a man she's goin' to meet 

In a bar on an Austin street 

Maybe this one won't be so mean. 

Abilene, Abilene 

There's a town ahead that you've never seen 

And maybe it's better if you get off there and try to 

Forget everything 

Abilene. 

In a Texas bar there's a man sittin' alone 

Thinkin' of a girl he swore he'd wait there for 

But he's drinkin' beers and he's feelin' old 

Rememberin' every lie he's told 

'Til he changes his mind and he leaves. 

Abilene, Abilene 

There's a town ahead that you've never seen 

Maybe it's better if you get off there and try to 

Forget everything 

Abilene, Abilene 

Oh Abilene, Abilene.