Calico Plains Lyrics - Singles - Matraca Berg

Sweet Abilena looked out at the Midwestern sky 

Sweet seventeen with a far away look in her eyes 

She said "I feel like a bird in a cage but come September I'm flying away" 

I said, "I'll miss you", then I made her promise to write 

Since we were tall as the corn in the spring 

We shared every secret, shared every dream 

So anxious to grow in the new summer rain 

And bloom like a rose on the Calico Plains 

How could she hear as we laughed on that long summer night 

The tiny heart of the baby she carried inside 

I stood beside her when September came 

Watched her get married, then caught the bouquet 

And like those hand-me-down dresses she gave me 

I made her dreams mine 

From a seat by the window on wings made of steel 

I stared at the patchwork over the fields 

Where young tears that once flowed like warm summer rain 

Were turning to snow on the Calico Plains 

Sweet Abilena looks out at the Midwestern sky 

Closer to thirty, but farther away in her eyes 

She holds her babies like she holds her dreams 

Each night she kisses and rocks them to sleep 

While she reads the letters she makes me promise to write 

Sweet Abilena looks out at the Midwestern sky