Ford Econoline Lyrics - From A Distance - Nanci Griffith

She drove west from Salt Lake City to the California coastline 

She hit the San Diego Freeway doing sixty miles an hour 

She had a husband on her bumper, she had five restless children 

She was singing sweet as a mockingbird in that Ford Econoline 

She's the salt of the earth 

Straight from the bosom of the Mormon Church 

With a voice like wine 

Cruising along in that Ford Econoline 

Now her husband was a gambler, he was a Salt Lake City rambler 

And he built a golden cage around his silver-throated wife 

Too many nights he left her crying with his cheating and his lying 

But his big mistake was him buying her that Ford Econoline 

She's the salt of the earth 

Straight from the bosom of the Mormon church 

With a voice like wine 

Cruising along in that Ford Econoline 

She's the salt of the earth 

Straight from the bosom of the Mormon Church 

With a voice like wine 

Cruising along in that Ford Econoline 

Now she sings her songs around this country 

From Seattle to Montgomery 

Those kids are grown and that rounder knows 

You cannot cage your wife 

Along the back roads of our nation, she's become a living legend 

She drives a Coupe DeVille but her heart rides still 

In that Ford Econoline 

She drives a Coup DeVille but her heart rides still 

In that Ford Econoline