Gulf Coast Highway Lyrics - From A Distance - Nanci Griffith

Gulf coast highway, he worked the rails 

He worked the rice fields with their cold dark wells 

He worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico 

The only thing we've ever owned is this old house here by the road 

And when he dies, he says he'll catch some blackbird's wing 

He will fly away to heaven, come some sweet blue bonnet spring 

She walked through springtime when I was home 

The days were sweet, the nights were warm 

The seasons changed, the jobs would come 

The flowers fade and this old house felt so alone 

When the work took me away 

And when she dies, she says she'll catch some blackbird's wing 

And she will fly away to heaven, come some sweet blue bonnet spring 

Highway 90, the jobs are gone 

We tilled our garden, we set the sun 

This is the only place on earth blue bonnets grow 

And once a year they come and go at this old house here by the road 

And when we die, we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing 

And we will fly away to heaven, come some sweet blue bonnet spring 

Yes, when we die, we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing 

And we will fly away together, come some sweet blue bonnet spring