Return Of The Grievous Angel Lyrics - Lucy Kaplansky

Won't you scratch my itch sweet Annie Rich 

And welcome me back to town? 

Come out on your porch or I'll step into your parlor 

And I'll tell you how it all went down 

Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels 

And a good saloon in every single town 

And I remember something that you once told me 

And I'll be damned if it did not come true 

Twenty thousand roads I went down, down, down 

And they all lead me straight back home to you 

'Cause I headed West to grow up with the country 

Across those prairies with those waves of grain 

And I saw my devil and I saw my deep blue sea 

And I thought about a Calico bonnet from Cheyenne to Tennessee 

We flew straight across that river bridge last night half past two 

The switchman waved his lantern goodbye and good day as we 

Went rolling through 

Billboards and truck stops pass by the grievous angel 

And I know just what I have to do 

And the man on the radio won't leave me alone 

He wants to take my money for something that I've never been shown 

And I saw my devil, and I saw my deep blue see 

And I thought about a Calico bonnet from Cheyenne to Tennessee 

The news I could bring, I met up with the king 

On his head an amphetamine crown 

He talked about unbuckling that old bible belt 

And headed out for some desert town 

Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels 

And a good saloon in every single town 

And I remember something that you once told me 

And I'll be damned if it did not come true 

Twenty thousand roads I went down, down, down 

And they all lead me straight back home to you 

Twenty thousand roads I went down, down, down 

And they all lead me straight back home to you