Haley's Comet Lyrics - Blue Blvd - Dave Alvin

"Do you know who I am?" said Bill Haley 

In a pancake house near the Rio Grande 

The waitress said, "I don't know you from diddley" 

"To me you're just another tired old man" 

He walked alone down on Main street 

A hot wind was blowing up from the south 

There were two eyes staring in a pawn shop window 

And a whiskey bottle was lifted up to his mouth 

[Chorus] 

There was no moon shining on the Rio Grande 

As a truck of migrants pulled through town 

And the jukebox was busted at the bus de-pot 

When Haley's Comet hit the ground 

He blacked out all the windows in his bedroom 

He was talking to the ceiling and the walls 

He closed his eyes and hit the stage in 1955 

As the screams of the children filled the hall 

[Chorus] 

This cop walked into a pancake house in Texas 

And ordered up a couple of cups to go 

And he tells the waitress, "Hey, I just found the body 

Of some guy who was famous long ago"