Tornado Time In Texas Lyrics - Guy Clark

Well the sky was blacker than a funeral suit 

Hotter than a depot stove 

Hide in the cellar 

Here comes Amarillo 

Blowin' down the road 

Ya got yer hail stones big as hen eggs boy 

Yer clouds as green can be 

Old mother natures raisin hell 

She parked a pickup in a tree 

Tornado time in Texas 

Take the paint right off of your barn 

Tornado time in Texas 

Blow the tattoo off your arm 

Well when pigs fly,no I mean really fly 

You can bet that it's blowin' hard 

Uncle Clarence was sittin' in the outhouse 

Now he's sitting in the yard 

Granny's got the barn cat under her arm 

She's got a dish pan over her head 

Daddy's countin' kids four five six 

Better bring a loaf of bread 

Tornado time in Texas 

Take the paint right off of your barn 

Tornado time in Texas 

Blow the tattoo off your arm 

Hidin' in the cellar with the cannin' jars 

Sounds like a train up top 

Hold your breath and peek outside 

To see what we ain't got 

It'll take your wheat, it'll take your corn 

Even take your cotton balls 

Suck red river just as dry as a bone 

Dump it on Wichita falls 

Tornado time in Texas 

Take the paint right off of your barn 

Tornado time in Texas 

Blow the tattoo off of your arm