Texas Trilogy: Daybreak Lyrics - Singles - Lovett Lyle

(S. Fromholz) 

Six o'clock silence 

Of a new day beginning, 

Is heard in the small Texas town; 

Like a signal from nowhere, 

The people who live there 

Are up and moving around. 

'Cause there's bacon to fry, 

And there's biscuits to bake, 

On the stove that the Salvation Army won't take 

And you open the windows, 

And you turn on the fan, 

'Cause it's hotter than hell 

When the sun hits the land. 

Walter and Fanny, 

Well, they own the grocery 

That sells most all that you need; 

They've been up and working 

Since early this morning, 

They've got the whole village to feed; 

Well they put out fresh eggs, 

And throw bad ones away, 

That rotted because 

of the heat yesterday, 

The store is all dark 

so you can't see the flies, 

That settle on round steak 

and last Monday's pies. 

Sleepy Hill's Drugstore 

And the cafe are open, 

The coffee is bubbling hot, 

'Cause the folks that ain't working 

Gonna sit there 'til sundown, 

And talk about what they ain't got, 

Someone just threw a clutch 

In the old pickup truck, 

It seems like they're riding 

on a streak of bad luck; 

The doctor bills came, 

And the well has gone dry, 

Seems their grown kids don't care, 

Whether they live or die.