Edge Of The Storm Lyrics - Tim O'brien

She had five hundred dollars that her grandma left 

She said for a rainy day 

A hundred more from the general store 

Where she stocked the shelves for pay 

She'd had enough of those country roads 

And the wind in the telephone wires 

Said a prayer for luck, started the truck 

Checked the mirror and spun the tires 

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She said there's no such thing as a rainy day 

And the world is bigger than the milky way 

If you save it too long you're just throwin' it away 

She rolls like the thunder 

She's ridin' to the edge of the storm 

She had her momma's smile and her daddy's fire 

Their love burned deep in her soul 

They were more than glad to give her all they had 

As they pushed her from the fold 

The road gets wider mile my mile 

As she heads east toward the dawn 

The clouds press down, the lightning sounds 

Lilly turns those wipers on 

Chorus 

The cards come in from Fond Du Lac 

New Orleans and Chilliwack 

She said one of these days I'm comin' back 

But I'm not gonna stay 

Chorus